Black voters appealed this decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Daily Docket — Wednesday, May 1

A federal court struck down Louisiana's new, fair congressional map. Here’s what you should know.
* Yesterday, a federal court struck down ([link removed]) Louisiana’s congressional districts that were intended to better represent Louisiana’s Black voters.
+ Two Trump-appointed judges found that the new map — which featured two majority-Black districts — is racially gerrymandered for discriminating against “non-African American” voters.
* Today, Black voters and civil rights groups asked ([link removed]) the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision. Read more about the case here. ([link removed])
* Also, a separate group of Black voters asked ([link removed]) a federal court today to reopen their original lawsuit over Louisiana's congressional map.

The RNC is launching a legal challenge over mail-in ballot deadlines in Mississippi.
* The Republican committee’s lawsuit is part of its larger plan to create a precedent that can be used to disenfranchise voters in 2024 — not just in the Magnolia State but across the country.[link removed] about it here. ([link removed])

Recent court decisions and new laws have impacted felony disenfranchisement rules in North Carolina, Tennessee and Nebraska.
* In our latest Youtube video, Democracy Docket’s Sophie Feldman breaks down the latest in efforts to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. Watch it here. ([link removed])

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