Edwards Comments On Override Of Redistricting Veto

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Gov. John Bel Edwards says he's disappointed but not surprised that the Louisiana legislature overturned his veto of the state's congressional redistricting map.

The party-line votes in the House and Senate happened on Wednesday in special veto sessions.

Edwards insists there should be at least two black-majority districts, since the state's population is one-third African American.

The Legislative Black Caucus and other activist groups plan to take legal action and argue that the map violates the Voting Rights Act.

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