Shreveport, LA – According to the statement, the Special Session will begin on June 15, 2022 and must adjourn by 6 p.m. on June 20, 2022.
Governor John Bel Edwards released the following statement:
“The Middle District’s ruling yesterday that the Congressional maps drawn by Louisiana’s Legislature earlier this year violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is correct and completely unsurprising, which is why I vetoed these maps originally.
It is imperative that the Louisiana Legislature come to Baton Rouge to redraw these maps quickly and fairly, in compliance with the judge’s order and before the fall elections.
Louisiana’s congressional map of six districts needs to contain at least two majority African American districts in order to be fair to Louisiana’s voting population, which is one-third Black voters, per the latest U.S. Census data. This is required by simple math, basic fairness and the rule of law.”
You can read the Governor’s special session call here.
This story will be updated as new information become available.