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June 8, 2022

Federal Judge Rejects Louisiana's Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map
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A federal judge has ordered Louisiana's new congressional map be
redrawn. The judge accused Republicans of racial gerrymandering by
packing Black voters into a single district in a move that would likely
lead to the state having just one Black member of Congress.


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