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May 3, 2024

Federal Court Rejects Louisiana Voting Map That Created New Majority-Black District
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Two Trump-appointed federal judges rejected a new Louisiana
congressional map which created a second majority-Black district. The
map was drawn up after another federal judge ruled a previous voting
map, which had just one Black-majority district, violated the Voting
Rights Act. Roughly one-third of Louisiana's population is Black. It
remains unclear which map Louisiana will be using in November as the
case is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.


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