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Louisiana

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for Louisiana, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

Congressional districts in Louisiana

Choose a district to see the events tagged to it. A number after the district is how many events name it.

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In Louisiana

2026

  1. Oct 27, 2026 Congressional district: LA-2 Maps and lines Pending

    Three-judge court hears motions on whether Callais v. Landry stays open, as plaintiffs turn to the 2nd Congressional District

    On October 27, 2026, the three-judge court in Callais v. Landry (W.D. La., No. 3:24-cv-00122), Circuit Judge Carl E. Stewart and District Judges Robert R. Summerhays and David C. Joseph, heard argument on the Robinson and Galmon intervenors' motion to dismiss the plaintiffs' complaint and the State's Rule 60(b) motion to vacate the permanent injunction and judgment, and took both under advisement, according to the court's minutes. Verite News reports that the plaintiffs argue the 2nd Congressional District was drawn in violation of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, that the NAACP Legal Defense Fund argues the case should be dismissed because the plaintiffs already received relief, and that a Legal Defense Fund lawyer said the judges set December 15 for the plaintiffs to present evidence on the 2nd District. On the same day a magistrate judge recommended awarding the plaintiffs $905,586.75 in attorney fees plus $103,749.83 in costs against the State.

    Related: Three-judge federal court strikes down S.B. 8, the congressional map with two majority-Black districts

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

  2. May 29, 2026 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Legislature passes a new congressional map with one majority-Black district; U.S. House primaries move to November 3

    WHQR reported on May 29, 2026 that Louisiana lawmakers passed a congressional map that dismantles the majority-Black district running from Baton Rouge to Shreveport and keeps one majority-Black district covering most of New Orleans. The rescheduled primaries for the six U.S. House seats are set for November 3.

    Related: Governor suspends U.S. House primaries after the Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais · Supreme Court decides Louisiana v. Callais

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

2024

  1. Jan 22, 2024 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Legislature passes S.B. 8, a congressional map with a second majority-Black district

    Governor Jeff Landry called a special session starting January 8, 2024 to legislate on congressional redistricting. The product, S.B. 8, passed January 22, 2024. It kept the New Orleans-area majority-Black district and added District 6, which links Black populations in Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Shreveport, according to the Supreme Court.

    Congressional districts named: LA-6

    Related: Three-judge federal court strikes down S.B. 8, the congressional map with two majority-Black districts · Supreme Court decides Louisiana v. Callais

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2022

  1. Mar 30, 2022 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Legislature overrides veto of the 2022 congressional map, H.B. 1

    Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed H.B. 1 and S.B. 5 on March 9, 2022. The Legislature voted to override on March 30, 2022. H.B. 1 kept a single majority-Black congressional district. Plaintiffs filed suit in the Middle District of Louisiana the same day.

    Related: Federal court blocks the 2022 congressional map, finding plaintiffs likely to prove a Section 2 violation · Fifth Circuit says the injunction was valid but no longer needed, and gives the Legislature until January 15, 2024

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2021

  1. Apr 14, 2021 County Maps and lines Settled

    Justice Department and West Monroe settle a Section 2 suit over at-large aldermen elections

    On April 14, 2021 the United States sued the City of West Monroe, in Ouachita Parish, alleging that the at-large method of electing its board of aldermen violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and filed a proposed consent decree. The decree creates three single-member districts and keeps two members at large. The Department's case page says the court signed and entered the decree on April 15.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Sep 10, 2026 National Maps and lines Proposed

    Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count

    On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Aug 12, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states

    On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. Apr 26, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results

    On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.

    Source last checked Oct 29, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.