BATON ROUGE, LA — Today, a group of individual voters and voting rights organizations filed an emergency motion to block Governor Jeff Landry and Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s suspension of the state’s congressional primary election after voting has already begun statewide. Governor Landry’s move opens the way for the State Legislature to redraw Louisiana’s congressional map to undermine Black political representation. Plaintiffs are the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, Power Coalition for Equity and Justice, and three individual voters. They are represented by the Legal Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Louisiana.

The executive order comes on the heels of the US Supreme Court’s devastating decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which decimated federal protections for voters of color and struck down Louisiana’s congressional map that allowed Black voters the opportunity to freely elect candidates of their choice.

Civil Rights Groups File Emergency Challenge to Louisiana Governor’s Attempt to Suspend Election Already Underway
LWVUS Press Release / Last Updated: May 1, 2026