BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Louisiana Legislature has voted to overturn Gov. Edwards’ veto to the congressional map.
The Senate voted 27-11 to overturn the veto after the House voted 73-21.
Gov. Edwards will be holding a presser at 2:30 p.m. To watch live, BRProud will be streaming live in this article or visit gov.louisiana.gov.
Earlier in the day, members of the Louisiana House of Representatives voted to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto. Gov. Edwards vetoed the congressional redistricting map provided by the Louisiana Legislature on March 9. Opponents said it did not accurately represent the increased elected minority in the state.
Representative Stefanski went into the separation of powers in the state constitution. Stefanski says it’s the duty of the Louisiana legislature to create these maps every 10 years.
Rep. Marcelle asked why they did the roadshow to get public input if they were not going to listen to it?
Rep. Duplessis then got up to speak and said, “The fact of the matter is this body continues to disregard simple math. This body continues to disregard the shifting demographics of this state.”
Duplessis continued by saying the map does not put people first, it puts politics first.
