Louisiana granted extra time to draw new congressional map that complies with Voting Rights Act

Louisiana lawmakers now have until the end of January to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace the current map that a federal judge says dilutes the power of the state’s Black voters. Republican Gov.-elect Jeff Landry has vowed to call a special redistricting session once he is inaugurated Jan. 8. Louisiana is among the list of states still wrangling over congressional districts. Louisiana’s current GOP-drawn map has white majorities in five of six districts — despite Black people accounting for one-third of the state’s population.