Groups That Sued State React to Signing of Legislation to Create a New Majority Black Voting District for a Louisiana Supreme Court Seat
May 03, 2024
May 03, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on May 2, 2024:
On Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that gives Black voters in the Baton Rouge area an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by creating a judicial election district with a majority of Black voters anchored in Baton Rouge. For decades, the district lines in the Baton Rouge area had been drawn i . . .
On Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that gives Black voters in the Baton Rouge area an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by creating a judicial election district with a majority of Black voters anchored in Baton Rouge. For decades, the district lines in the Baton Rouge area had been drawn i . . .