Troy Carter: “I believe you have existing authority that would let you do a rulemaking to provide that flexibility and equity.”

As a matter of fairness and representative democracy, African American voters should have a meaningful opportunity to elect candidates of their choosing.

It does bring in light the imbalance in our judicial system, as it relates to African Americans and people of color.

Militarizing the streets of New Orleans is not a solution. Period.

Let me be clear: the map currently in place reflects the demographic reality of our state and the legal mandates of the Voting Rights Act...the map adopted by the legislature was a product of bipartisan negotiation, judicial review, and…