Johnson v. Ardoin
The NRF supported a lawsuit filed by African-American voters against the Louisiana Secretary of State, challenging the state’s congressional district map. The lawsuit alleged that the state legislature was required to draw an additional majority-minority congressional district in the 2011 map under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Notwithstanding that African-American voters are sufficient in both population and compactness to form two majority-minority districts, the Louisiana state legislature created only one such district (District 2) and cracked the rest of the Black population into two predominantly white districts (Districts 5 and 6). On October 17, 2019, the court stayed proceedings pending a decision in a 5th Circuit case on whether a single judge or a three-judge panel must decide VRA-based claims. Ultimately, this case was dismissed upon the parties’ stipulation.
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The National Redistricting Foundation works to advance fair representation, so voters—not political interests—shape our democracy.
