EPSB adopts redistricting plan; war is not over, says Sampson
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Arthur Sampson is pictured as he addresses the Evangeline Parish School Board during a public hearing held Tuesday, March 22, ahead of a special meeting to adopt a redistricting plan. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
By a vote of 8-3, the Evangeline Parish School Board, during a special meeting held Tuesday, March 22, adopted a redistricting plan as presented by demographer Mike Hefner.
During a public hearing that preceded the meeting, Arthur Sampson read a letter urging the school board to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibiting voting practices or procedures…
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