New effort underway to examine Louisiana's redistricting process; bipartisan summit set for January
A new grassroots movement is underway with the goal of changing the way Louisiana draws its congressional and legislative districts.
Fair Districts Louisiana will join LSU's Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs in hosting a bipartisan summit on Jan. 19 to discuss ideas for changing the redistricting process in Louisiana.
"There is a growing bipartisan consensus that gerrymandering is wrong," Stephen Kearny, one of the co-founders of Fair Districts Louisiana told the Press Club of Baton Rouge at its weekly luncheon on Monday. "It's possible for all of us to come together to address it."
Louisiana currently leaves the map redrawing process to state lawmakers. But there has been increasing concerns voiced over the role that partisan politics and incumbency play when lines are drawn.
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