And that's what we saw playing out in Louisiana. Black residents make up about one third of Louisiana's population. But after the 2020 census, The state approved a congressional map with only one black district out of a total of six congressional districts. Groups of black voters challenged that map under Section two, arguing that the map diluted black voting power. And a federal court agreed. So lawmakers created a second majority black district to comply with the vra. (01:34–01:41)
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