Mapping the Future
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.
Resource Category: Redistricting
Redistricting Summit – Robert Travis Scott’s Presentation Remarks
The Shape of Things to Come: Redistricting the Louisiana Way, Past and Future
PAR Sees Positives, Negatives and Opportunity from the 2011 Redistricting Session
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. […]
Reapportionment and Redistricting Fact Sheet (Vietnamese), (Spanish)
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Louisiana Redistricting: A 2011 Progress Report
The Louisiana Legislature is redrawing the state’s political representation maps this year to adjust to population changes recorded in the 2010 Census. A task mandated every 10 years, the job of redistricting is more challenging than usual this time because the state is losing a seat in Congress, Hurricane Katrina has shifted parts of the […]
Don’t Exclude Citizens from Redistricting Briefing, PAR Says
Legislative committees responsible for redrawing voting districts have announced plans to invoke an exception to Louisiana’s open meetings law and hold a two-day, closed meeting to receive information relative to the law and history of redistricting. Given the significance of the 2010 redistricting cycle for Louisiana and the potential for major shifts of power nationally […]
Redistricting 2010: Reforming the Process of Distributing Political Power
Since the last census count in 2000, Louisiana has lost a significant amount of its populace to other states. The state’s inability to maintain population or grow as fast as its peers in the new millennium, combined with the devastating storms of 2005, has all but ensured the loss of one congressional seat in 2010 […]