US Supreme Court Voting Rights Decision Halts Louisiana Primaries
The US Supreme Court has issued a decision concerning the Voting Rights Act, leading to the suspension of Louisiana's congressional primaries. Louisiana officials claim the ruling prevents them from conducting primaries with their current electoral maps.
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Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling - AP News
Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling AP News
Read full article →Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live
State’s governor and attorney general move to postpone midterm 2026 primaries just a day after supreme court ruling guts Voting Rights Act Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after supreme court ruling On Wednesday, the US supreme court ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark decision that effectively guts a major section of the Voting Rights Act. In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court rendered ineffective sectio...
By Fran Lawther
Read full article →Media outrage over Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision collides with reality
In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that race-based gerrymandering of congressional districts is not a compelling governmental interest.
Read full article →Supreme Court guts key Voting Rights Act pillar
The law remains on the books, but has been drastically limited
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US
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