Voting

A federal judge denied as “<a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Voting.pdf"><strong>unwarranted</strong></a>” the Louisiana governor’s request to reconsider the trial judge’s ruling that at-large voting for a state judicial district in Terrebonne Parish deprives black voters of the equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.

BATON ROUGE — A federal judge denied as “unwarranted ” the Louisiana governor’s request to reconsider the trial judge’s ruling that at-large voting for a state judicial district in Terrebonne Parish deprives black voters of the equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice, in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights

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