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Redistricting: 'Simple bill' charged as 'rigging an election'

(The Center Square) — Louisiana’s Legislature convened Thursday to fast-track a package of election bills that would shift the state’s 2026 congressional election calendar back by one month while the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a closely watched challenge involving the Voting Rights Act and the state’s current congressional map.

What was touted as a a 'simple bill' ended up being charged as 'rigging …

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