The civil rights groups, Black voters and state Republican officialsasked the Supreme Courtto put the panel's ruling on hold and allow it to use the new map for upcoming elections. While the lower court judges had set an early-June deadline for voting lines to be redrawn, the state argue...
The most recent congressional map, enacted in January after federal courts rejected earlier voting bounds, remains in place for the upcoming election, as the Supreme Court in Maygave the green lightfor it to be used this cycle. A three-judge district court panel had blocked the state...
The State of Louisiana had a deadline of January 30 set by a federal judge to redraw congressional maps so they abide by the Voting Rights Act. Had the Legislature failed to submit a revised map, the judge would have determined Louisiana's congressional districts herself. The map supported by...
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In both states, Black voters are a majority in just one congressional district. Lower courts had ruled that the maps raised concerns that Black voting power had been diluted, in violation of the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. The justices had allowed the state’s chall...