While considering the Alabama case, the Supreme Court had put a hold on a similar lower court ruling that Louisiana’s districts must be redrawn to create a second majority-Black district. That’s likely to be lifted. A federal judge in Georgia last year also said some of its congressi...
“Louisiana’s voting population is one-third Black. We know that in compliance with the principles of the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana can have a congressional map where two of our six districts are majority Black.” Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded ...
In Louisiana, it depends on the voter. For example, a voter who goes in person to apply for an absentee ballot must do so between 12 and 6 days before the election (LSA-R.S. 18:1309[a][1]); a voter who registers for an absentee ballot by mail must get the registration form to...
African American citizens of Bossier Parish, Louisiana, objected to a redistricting plan drawn up by the Bossier Parish School Board, which had been precleared under Section 5 by the Justice Department. They argued that Section 2 barred the plan because it denied the creation of several majority...
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Turnout for early in-person voting started strong Thursday in the presidential battleground of North Carolina, including in mountainous areas where Hurricane Helene destroyed property and upended lives but apparently did no...
Prosecutors say a Southern California youth soccer coach charged with killing a 13-year-old boy last month is being investigated in connection with alleged sexual assaults on at least two other teens in recent years Associated PressApril 9, 2025 ...
In this section we show that short bursts outperform biased random walks for finding districting plans for the Louisiana House of Representatives with a large number of majority-minority districts. In addition to Louisiana, we also performed this analysis on New Mexico, Texas, and Virginia; our ...
How I Found my Ideal First Apartment Moving into your first apartment is an exciting life milestone, but I think most people can agree that the process of finding your first apartment is a headache-inducing experience. Rentals can get pretty expensive, especially in major cities, so putting yo...
Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards ofLouisianahas signed abillrequiring election officials to search obituaries for registered voters and purge any deceased voters within 30 days. Idahohas enacted anew lawthat prohibits voters from changing their mind about which party’s primary they wan...
SHREVEPORT, LA – Caddo Parish leaders are teaming up with the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana to get food boxes out to families in need in Northwest Louisiana. But some questions were raised by several local groups when a couple of the distribution sites were at polling places. ...