With just two months to go before the US midterm elections, the battle for votes is in full swing. Our reporter Fanny Allard has been to the state of Louisiana, where a redistricting row is playing out with far-reaching implications for racial equality.
On April 29, the US Supreme Court issued a landmark decision: by a 6-to-3 majority, it invalidated the electoral map adopted in 2024 in Louisiana, which had granted a second majority-Black district to the state, located between Shreveport and Baton Rouge. The court ruled that it was not legal to draw districts based on racial criteria.
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