State Legislative Actions on Congressional Maps and Voting Procedures in Georgia and Louisiana

In separate state legislative actions, Georgia's General Assembly and Louisiana's Legislature each addressed congressional redistricting matters in 2026. In Georgia, a five-day special session was called by Governor Brian Kemp, during which lawmakers rejected his call to redraw the state's congressional maps following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais in April. In Louisiana, the state Legislature overturned the governor's veto of a congressional map that lacks a second majority-Black district. Georgia's General Assembly decided to keep its existing congressional maps in place through the 2028 election cycle, pending the outcome of other related legal cases. The special session also resulted in the passage of a measure extending the deadline for how the state casts and counts ballots to January 1, 2028, including continued use of QR codes for vote counting. In Louisiana, the Legislature's override of the veto prompted civil rights groups to file a lawsuit under the Voting Rights Act challenging the new congressional map. The Louisiana state Senate separately advanced permitless carry legislation, a measure reported to face opposition from law enforcement, faith leaders, and community advocates. The two developments occurred independently in different states and are not confirmed to be directly related, though both stem from broader national redistricting disputes following the Callais ruling. The status of the Voting Rights Act lawsuit against Louisiana's congressional map remains unresolved, as does the outcome of the permitless carry legislation in the state Senate. In Georgia, the pending legal cases that could affect the congressional maps' status through 2028 were not specified in available reporting. Details on the scope and implementation of Louisiana's proposed task force to study voting rights for disabled residents were not corroborated by multiple sources.