Louisiana can and should have a congressional map that represents our voting population, and Gov. Edwards is confident that we will have a fair map in the near future. #lagov#56for56
Louisiana,
Today, tomorrow, and Saturday are your final opportunities to early vote in the primary election. Get out there and vote!
#lagov#lalege#GeauxVote
This upcoming Saturday, September 23rd, is the deadline to register to vote in Louisiana.
As governor, I've protected your right to vote. Now I ask you to use it. Make your voice heard. Visit https://t.co/XuqMWI310G to register or update your existing registration. #lagov
NEW: 5th Circuit schedules oral argument for Oct. 6 in an appeal of a case challenging Louisiana’s congressional map. A separate hearing will take place in a federal district court on Oct. 3-5 to determine what map will be used for the 2024 elections.
https://t.co/U0BRCE6Ipy
B I N G O.
Kyle has yet to explain how leaving ERIC made Louisiana's voter rolls more accurate or our election system safer.
It's because he is partisan with a sledgehammer.
Louisiana needs to rejoin ERIC.
#lalege
https://t.co/fcPXvNbteO
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court reinstates an order that blocked Louisiana’s congressional map for diluting the voting strength of Black voters. This paves for way for Louisiana redraw its congressional map with a second majority-Black district.
https://t.co/Aj3YZgU0G3
The Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act decision out of Alabama will impact maps across the country, but almost immediately in Louisiana. That outcome was made possible by everyday citizens, organizers & attorneys, Peter Robins-Brown of @LAProgressAct writes.https://t.co/mPsaLwdN9q
The SCOTUS decision in Allen v. Milligan is an unprecedented victory for voters and Black communities across the country reaffirming key protections established by Congress in the Voting Rights Act during a time of countless attacks on the right to vote.
https://t.co/KlgVhpTw5h
"We will continue to work tirelessly through this litigation to ensure that the state comes into compliance with federal law and enacts a map that honors Black voters’ choices and the voting rights of all Louisianians.”
https://t.co/dUqAdXy9xp
Following the SCOTUS decision in Allen v. Milligan, LDF filed a motion to lift a stay in a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s discriminatorily drawn state House and Senate district maps.
https://t.co/dUqAdXy9xp
Hey Baton Rouge,
It’s time to vote 🗳️.
Early voting is from April 15-22 — excluding Sunday, April 16 — and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Election day is April 29; polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
https://t.co/tltoRGRhx9
Hey Baton Rouge,
It’s time to vote 🗳️.
Early voting is from April 15-22 — excluding Sunday, April 16 — and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Election day is April 29; polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
https://t.co/tltoRGRhx9
Louisiana's election system for state Supreme Court justices was designed with discrimination in mind. Sparked by Chisom v. LA this almost 40 year long skirmish between federal and local courts is again in the 5th Circuit.
How did we get here? https://t.co/XKBOoZiLha
We couldn’t agree more.
Yet, SoS Ardoin has recently aligned Louisiana with the undemocratic fringe.
A glaring example being his decision to remove Louisiana from a national voter cross-checking system—ERIC—that worked to eliminate fraud in our process.
On his way out, La. elections chief blasts election deniers as spreading 'pervasive lies that have eroded trust in our elections by using conspiracies so far-fetched that they belong in a work of fiction.' Full powerful statement in story #lagov#lalege https://t.co/XASEJq8G48
Senate REJECTS Gary Smith legislation to put this in Louisiana Constitution: "All elections shall be free and equal; and no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere with or prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage." 12 votes in support, 26 against. #lalege