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Al Jazeera Staff

US top court unfreezes Black voting rights lawsuit in Louisiana

'For voters of color to be fully included in our democratic processes, Louisiana’s congressional maps must accurately reflect our state’s population,' the ACLU of Louisiana says after the Supreme Court ruling [File: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters]

Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court has allowed a voting rights lawsuit in Louisiana to proceed, after civil rights groups alleged that voting maps in the southern US state discriminated against Black voters.

The ruling by the top court on Monday paves the way for Louisiana officials to redraw the state’s congressional map to increase Black representation and deals a blow to the Republicans who carved up the six districts last year.

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