Will the Metro Council carve up south Baton Rouge district to create another minority seat?

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The East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council is poised to vote today on a redistricting plan for the parish’s 12 districts.  Black Democrats on the council want to carve out an additional majority-minority district to reflect the parish’s demographics, which could involve carving up District 1 in the northern part of the parish.  “I have

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