The party breakdown for early voting is 44% Democratic, 41% Republican, and 15% no party.

A full day of public testimony took place Friday, marred by several disruptions over new congressional maps during the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee meeting.

Voting districts typically are redrawn based on census data after the start of each decade. But an unusual spate of mid-decade redistricting broke out after President Donald Trump urged Texas Republicans to reshape U.S. House districts last year. More states have followed.

The petition must collect 500,000 signatures from Louisiana's 2.5 million active registered voters in the next 180 days.

WWNO’s Michael McEwen spoke with Samantha Pourciau,  a senior staff attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative, about the case.

A Louisiana legislative committee that oversees redistricting will meet Friday to hear public comments on a new congressional district map after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week to overturn the existing version.

The numbers are taking on added significance after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s existing congressional map on Wednesday.

At a press conference, lawmakers urged voters to still cast their ballots in the May 16 election despite news that the U.S. House races are not being counted.

Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state of emergency after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the current congressional map is unconstitutional.

In the civil rights suit, Duncan alleges that Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill engaged in a “coordinated conspiracy” to keep Duncan from taking office.