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Louisiana's 6th Congressional District

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 district view: events tagged to this congressional district, then events that apply across Louisiana, then national events. An event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district. See all of Louisiana.

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In Louisiana's 6th Congressional District

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

Across Louisiana

2026

  1. 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

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

1996

  1. Aug 12, 1996 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Attorney General objects to the 1996 congressional plan with one majority-Black district

    On August 12, 1996 the Justice Department objected to Act 96 of the 1996 First Extraordinary Session, writing that "on behalf of the Attorney General, I must object" to the plan "to the extent that the proposed redistricting plan fails to create a second congressional district in Louisiana in which black voters have a reasonable opportunity to elect candidates of choice." The letter drew on the Hays v. Louisiana litigation.

    Related: Supreme Court holds the Hays plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Louisiana's Act 1 map

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1993

  1. 1993 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Legislature repeals Act 42 and passes Act 1, another map with two majority-Black districts

    In 1993, while an appeal in Hays v. Louisiana was pending before the Supreme Court, the Legislature repealed Act 42 and passed Act 1. The 1993 map also had two majority-Black districts, one around New Orleans and one running about 250 miles from Shreveport to Baton Rouge. A three-judge court declared Act 1 unconstitutional.

    Related: Louisiana adopts Act 42 of 1992, creating a second majority-Black congressional district · Supreme Court holds the Hays plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Louisiana's Act 1 map

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1992

  1. 1992 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Louisiana adopts Act 42 of 1992, creating a second majority-Black congressional district

    After the 1990 census the Legislature enacted Act 42 of 1992. Before it, Louisiana had seven congressional districts, one with a majority-Black voting population; Act 42 created a second. A three-judge court in the Western District of Louisiana later concluded the plan violated the Equal Protection Clause and enjoined its use.

    Related: Legislature repeals Act 42 and passes Act 1, another map with two majority-Black districts · Supreme Court holds the Hays plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Louisiana's Act 1 map

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1991

  1. Jul 15, 1991 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Attorney General objects in part to Louisiana's 1991 House of Representatives redistricting plan

    On July 15, 1991 the Justice Department wrote that "on behalf of the Attorney General, I must object to the 1991 redistricting plan for the State House of Representatives to the extent that it incorporates the proposed configurations for the seven areas discussed above."

    Related: Attorney General objects in part to Louisiana's 1991 state Senate redistricting plan

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

  2. Jun 28, 1991 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Attorney General objects in part to Louisiana's 1991 state Senate redistricting plan

    On June 28, 1991 the Justice Department wrote that the Senate plan (Act 2 of the 1991 Second Extraordinary Session) "in large part" met Section 5 requirements, but that in the Northeast area, particularly Ouachita Parish, and the Lafayette area, including St. Martin Parish, the boundary lines appeared to minimize Black voting strength. On behalf of the Attorney General it objected to the plan to the extent it incorporated those configurations.

    Related: Attorney General objects in part to Louisiana's 1991 House of Representatives redistricting plan

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1982

  1. Jun 1, 1982 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Attorney General objects to Louisiana's 1981 House of Representatives reapportionment plan

    On June 1, 1982, the Justice Department objected under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to Act No. 1 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1981, Louisiana's new plan for the House of Representatives. The letter said the plan reduced the number of Black-majority House districts, from eleven to seven in Orleans Parish, eliminated a Black-majority district in New Orleans' Ninth Ward, fragmented Black voters in the East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, St. Helena and West Feliciana area, and diluted Black voting strength in Alexandria. It said the state had not shown the plan lacked a discriminatory purpose or effect. The letter noted a pending suit, Major v. Treen (E.D. La.), and sent the court a copy.

    Source last checked Oct 24, 2026

1971

  1. Aug 20, 1971 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to Louisiana's 1971 House and Senate reapportionment enactments

    In a letter listed as dated August 20, 1971, the Justice Department addressed the enactments amending Sections 35 and 35.1 of Title 24 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes reapportioning the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives, received July 2, 1971 with further material received July 21 and 26. Citing Fairley v. Patterson and Perkins v. Matthews, it describes combinations of majority-Negro parishes with majority-white areas in multi-member districts, including a seven-member district elected at large that merges majority-black DeSoto Parish with predominantly white Caddo Parish, and concludes: "our review of this plan indicates that there are apparent racially discriminatory effects in both houses of the legislature in widely disparate parts of the state, and that to correct these effects the plan would have to be substantially revised in whole or in part." The letter adds that it was furnishing a copy to the three-judge federal court that had deferred proceedings awaiting the Attorney General's determination.

    Source last checked Oct 21, 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 20, 2026

1967

  1. Dec 14, 1967 National Maps and lines Enacted

    Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)

    Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 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.