La Louisiane adopte une nouvelle carte électorale supprimant une circonscription à majorité noire

Les républicains de Louisiane ont approuvé une nouvelle carte électorale qui supprime l'une des deux circonscriptions à majorité noire de l'État. Ce changement fait suite à une décision de la Cour suprême des États-Unis ayant limité la portée du Voting Rights Act.

Les républicains de la législature de Louisiane ont adopté la carte vendredi et l'ont transmise au gouverneur Jeff Landry, qui devrait l'approuver. Les nouvelles délimitations confèrent au GOP un avantage dans cinq des six circonscriptions de l'État en vue des élections de mi-mandat. Elles suppriment la circonscription détenue par le représentant Cleo Fields, qui s'étendait de Shreveport à Baton Rouge, et laissent largement intact, bien que redessiné, le siège du représentant Troy Carter basé à La Nouvelle-Orléans.

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