Judges ask whether lawmakers could draw up new House map in time for this year's elections
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Judges ask whether lawmakers could draw up new House map in time for this year's elections
Judges ask whether lawmakers could draw up new House map in time for this year's elections
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Federal judges want Louisiana to explore how quickly lawmakers could draw new congressional map
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges who threw out a congressional election map giving Louisiana a second mostly Black district told state lawyers Monday to determine whether the Legislature could draw up a new map in time for this year's elections.The order was spelled out in a federal court entry following a meeting of judges and attorneys involved in complex litigation over the racial makeup of the state's congressional delegation.The state currently has five white Republican House...
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While judges let Louisiana draw a third congressional map, intervenors ask Supreme Court to step in now
NEW ORLEANS — Voting rights advocates on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep the latest Louisiana congressional map in place for this year’s elections, even though a three-judge panel has given the state Legislature until June 3 to develop a third set of boundaries.The three-judge panel ruled April 30 that the new map, passed by lawmakers in January, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Wednesday’s Supreme Court filing seeks to block that ruling, keeping the...