Redistricting News
|Black Voters in Louisiana Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Map with Two Majority-Black Districts Beyond 2024|Supreme Court Reinstates Congressional Map With Two Majority-Minority Districts|Supreme Court, for Now, Allows Louisiana Voting Map to Move Forward|Supreme Court allows Louisiana to use congressional map with second majority-Black district|Federal Judges Block Newly Drawn Louisiana Congressional Map|Louisiana Congressional map debate continues in federal court|Hearing underway on attempt to overthrow La.’s congressional map|Jeff Landry targeted Garret Graves in redrawing district map, LA lawmaker testifies|Civil Rights Groups Secure Victory in Landmark Case Challenging Racial Discrimination in Louisiana’s State Legislative Maps |Black Louisianans Enter a New Political Era|Louisiana makes history with new Black congressional district that includes Shreveport|Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Map That Empowers More Black Voters|Advocates to Hold Mass Mobilization Event at Louisiana Capitol Before Redistricting Committee Meeting and Public Hearing|Who will draw new congressional map for Louisiana? Edwards, Landry debate who calls the session|Mark Ballard: Congressional redistricting court fight will likely prove consequential|Voting rights advocates welcome the Supreme Court’s ruling related to La’s redistricting|New majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana closer to reality; see why|US Supreme Court tosses race-based dispute over Louisiana electoral map|Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district|Mark Ballard: Louisiana poised to draw a majority-Black congressional district|Surprise US supreme court ruling could help Democrats take House in 2024|SCOTUS ruling on Alabama’s congressional maps could change voting in Louisiana|Supreme Court ruling could lead to new Louisiana congressional maps — with 2nd Black district|In Supreme Court’s Alabama ruling, Black voter advocates see roadmap to new maps in Louisiana|Voting Rights Activists Look Beyond Supreme Court To People Power|Ashley K. Shelton on the #PutHousingFirst Radio Show|How we fight gerrymandering in the South|Ashley K. Shelton on The Lurie Daniel Favors Show|SCOTUS takes on voting rights case|Campus political groups seek to increase voter turnout|Do Louisiana’s Congressional districts discriminate? Supreme Court hears a related case|Advocates show solidarity as SCOTUS hears redistricting case|Get Out and Vote Canvassing Efforts Begin to Engage Black Voters Statewide|The specter of second-class citizenship|Lawsuits Challenge Second Class Citizenship Status in Southern States.|Advocacy groups to hold briefing prior to International Day of Democracy|Statement from Power Coalition CEO Ashley Shelton on Amicus Brief Release|PCEJ Celebrates Judicial Court Ruling that Declares EBR School Board Plan 22 Null and Void |Judge tosses new Baton Rouge school board maps, gives Wednesday deadline for new ones|Federal judge intervenes with new congressional district map after failure from legislature|Statement from Power Coalition CEO Ashley Shelton on the Special Session |State rep, lawsuit plaintiff & LA SoS react to congressional map redraw order|Federal Court Rules in Favor of Plaintiffs to Block Enacted Congressional Map |Louisiana lawmakers must redraw maps, come up with second majority-minority district, judge rules|A federal judge blocks Louisiana’s congressional map, calling it a racial gerrymander.|Jefferson School Board reverses course, rejects expansion plan; here’s what they did|Historic vote could add minority seats to Jefferson Parish School Board. See the proposals.|Demographer says political map to match Baton Rouge racial balance probably can’t be done|Arguments wrap up in battle to block congressional maps for upcoming elections|Hearing Wraps in Case Challenging Louisiana’s Congressional Map, Judge to Determine Whether New Map Must Be Drawn|Challenge to Lousiana congressional maps opens; groups seek 2nd majority-Black district|Advocates asking federal judge to block recently passed congressional maps|Preliminary injunction hearing set to begin in case challenging Louisiana’s new congressional map|Rally to be held at EBR School Board Office|In fight for more minority representation, Jefferson Parish School Board will add new districts|Residents ask Jefferson Parish School Board for more Black, Hispanic election districts|The Fight for Our Schools Is Not Over|Courting litigation, EBR School Board OK’s election maps that likely preserve White majority|East Baton Rouge School Board Redistricting Special Meeting Results in Approval of Racially Gerrymandered Map|Louisiana Legislature Overturns Governor’s Veto of Map Lacking a Second Majority-Black Congressional District; Civil Rights Groups File Suit Under Voting Rights Act|Lawsuit filed to challenge Congress redistricting map in Louisiana veto override|Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Louisiana Congressional Map|Why Voters Have the Right to a Real Chance at Representation|From Bloody Sunday to the Present, We Must Continue to Resist|Open Letter to Governor Edwards Regarding Redistricting|Governor Vetoes Proposed Congressional Maps|Redistricting Tactics Threaten to Suppress Black Representation in Louisiana|Redistricting Louisiana: What You Need to Know About Redistricting in Louisiana 2022|Clancy DuBos: Louisiana remap plans could be the next Plessy v. Ferguson|Janea Jamison: There is no ‘race blind’ fight in redistricting|Legislative Redistricting Roadshow Comes to Lake Charles On Wednesday, December 15, 2021|Power Coalition Makes Redistricting Grants to Encourage Equitable Redistricting Process|Louisiana north shore residents want out of New Orleans area congressional district|Legislative Redistricting Roadshow Comes to Alexandria On Tuesday, November 9, 2021|Every Voice Matters: Why Redistricting Is Important|Civil rights groups push for redistricting to increase chance of second Black Louisiana lawmaker|Former state legislator: We need competition in Louisiana’s stagnant political system|Civil rights groups demand second minority-majority district in Louisiana
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