Gov. John Bel Edwards | Official U.S. House headshot
Gov. John Bel Edwards | Official U.S. House headshot
BATON ROUGE, La. – On June 8, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued the following statement on the United States Supreme Court decision in Allen v. Milligan:
“As I said when I vetoed it, Louisiana's current congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s voting population is one-third Black. We know that in compliance with the principles of the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana can and should have a congressional map where two of our six districts are majority Black. Today's decision reaffirms that.”
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