US District Judge Ivan Lemelle on Monday refused to order changes to New Orleans municipal elections scheduled for April 22. Lemelle held a hearing Monday morning to consider arguments from civil rights groups that...
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US District Judge Ivan Lemelle will hold a hearing Monday to hear arguments from civil rights groups that the upcoming April 22 municipal elections in New Orleans should be postponed because many African-American residents have been...
Justice Department clears New Orleans election over black protests
The US Justice Department Thursday invoked its authority under the 1965 Voting Rights Act to approve scheduled April 22 municipal elections in New Orleans . African American leaders had pressed the Department to block the...
NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
The president of the NAACP called on the US Justice Department Monday to block New Orleans mayoral elections currently scheduled for April 22, saying they would be "illegal" because the state of Louisiana "cannot guarantee...
The NAACP Saturday urged the US Department of Justice to block a Louisiana state election plan for New Orleans that will make it very difficult for displaced black voters to participate in the...
ACORN v. Blanco, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, February 9, 2006 [lawsuit alleging that Louisiana's emergency election plan for New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina will disenfranchise or severely burden the franchise of thousands of displaced...
The Advancement Project , a Washington, DC-based advocacy group, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging election plans for New Orleans , alleging that the plan puts too much emphasis on absentee voting and would keep blacks out...
Louisiana legislature panel approves New Orleans election plan under legal pressure
Members of a joint Louisiana House-Senate committee Monday approved a plan to set an April date for New Orleans city elections two days before US District Judge Ivan Lemelle was scheduled to hold hearings in a lawsuit ...
Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
US District Judge Ivan Lemelle Tuesday urged federal and state officials to work together and quickly set a date for the postponed New Orleans mayoral primary elections at a hearing of...
