Louisiana's Democratic governor says he'll call the state's Republican-dominated Legislature into special session to draw up new congressional districts. The move comes after a judge blocked the use of a map that includes only one mostly Black district.
FILE - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., on Feb. 1, 2022. A federal judge blocked the use of newly drawn congressional maps in Louisiana that include only one mostly Black district on Monday, June 6, 2022, and ordered the Legislature to come up with a remedial plan by June 20. The district map was drawn up in a special session earlier this year by the Republican-dominated Legislature. Democratic Gov.
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana’s Democratic governor said Monday he will call the Republican-dominated Legislature into special session soon to draw up new congressional district boundaries, now that a federal judge has blocked use of maps that have only one majority-Black district. Edwards, whose veto of the maps was overridden by lawmakers earlier this year, said there should have been a second majority-Black district among the six districts that were approved, noting that the state’s population is almost one-third Black.Edwards said redrawing the district lines is required by the court order, the Voting Rights Act and by “basic fairness and basic math.”
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