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Today, LDF Deputy Director of Litigation, Leah Aden, will urge the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to provide Black voters with fair electoral opportunity for the first time ever by dismantling the at-large voting system in Louisiana! #VotingRights
“Advocates for the Black community in Terrebonne have been fighting for decades to end the discriminatory use of at-large voting for 32nd JDC elections – a voting system historically employed throughout [LA] to suppress Black voting strength."--Leah Aden naacpldf.org/press-release/…
WATCH: In under one minute, Deputy Director of Litigation, Leah Aden, breaks down what's at stake in the Terrebonne Parish #VotingRights case.
If the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a previous decision that dismantled the discriminatory at-large voting system, Terrebonne Parish will have the opportunity to elect their candidate of choice for the first time ever. #VotingRights
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