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Louisiana lawmakers completed a three-week redistricting special session two days early withmaps that largely maintained the status quo, cementing Republican majorities for anotherdecade and expected to trigger lawsuits from civil rights organizations.
When Louisiana lawmakers gather next week to open their redistricting special session, they’llhave a tight timeline to draw new maps and tricky politics to navigate. They’ll be grappling withcompeting demands, intense scrutiny and outside pressures.
Louisiana’s February special session on redistricting will see lawmakers trying to protect themselves andother incumbents, angling for more partisan power and deciding whether to expand the number ofelected positions available to minority groups.
Louisiana lawmakers are planning a three-week February special session to redraw the state’s majorpolitical district maps, a once-a-decade effort to account for population changes as reflected in the latest U.S. Census data.
The Shape of Things to Come: Redistricting the Louisiana Way, Past and Future
The Louisiana Legislature adjourned Wednesday from a special session on redistricting Lawmakers completed four of the seven political maps they set out to redraw when they called themselves into session March 20. We wait to see if the federal Department of Justice will approve the new plans or if court challenges will alter the outcomes. […]
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