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After court order, state lawmakers poised to draw new legislative districts

(The Center Square) — Louisiana must produce new state House and Senate districts within a 'reasonable period of time' after a federal judge found they violated the Voting Rights Act.

Baton Rouge-based U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick, appointed by President Barack Obama, wrote in her ruling last week in Nairne v. Ardoin that 'the preponderance of the evidence establishes that the enacted state hous…

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