Louisiana Appeals For Return To Racist US House Map

Courthouse News reports:

Louisiana officials asked the Fifth Circuit Tuesday to overturn a lower court finding that the state’s congressional map illegally dilutes the Black vote and must be redrawn.

In 2022, the Louisiana Legislature drew a new congressional map that included only one majority Black district. A group of Black Louisiana voters and civil rights organizations sued, arguing the map unfairly limited Black voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Black residents make up approximately one-third of the Louisiana population, according to the 2020 census.

U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick of the Middle District of Louisiana, a Barack Obama appointee, agreed, and in February 2024 she ordered the state to redraw its map to create fairer racial representation.

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