Until recently, Louisiana was deemed a covered jurisdiction under the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the lawsuit states. Accordingly, its congressional maps were subject to preclearance by the federal government. In the name of avoiding retrogression, Louisiana has used Section 5 as a justification to racially gerrymander congressional districts, specifically by packing African-American voters into Congressional District 2 and thereby diminishing their influence in surrounding districts. ~ Excerpt from, courthousenews/2013/11/27/63270.htm
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