NAACP Celebrates Signing of Louisiana Legislation Creating New, Majority Black Voting District for Louisiana Supreme Court Seat
May 01, 2024
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP issued the following news release:
On Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that gives Black voters in the Baton Rouge area an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by creating a judicial election district with a majority of Black voters anchored in Baton Rouge. For decades, the district lines in the Baton Rouge area had been drawn in a way that split the Black voti . . .
On Wednesday, the Governor of Louisiana signed legislation that gives Black voters in the Baton Rouge area an equal opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to the Louisiana Supreme Court by creating a judicial election district with a majority of Black voters anchored in Baton Rouge. For decades, the district lines in the Baton Rouge area had been drawn in a way that split the Black voti . . .