June 5, 2026 | From City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans Files for Supreme Court Rehearing in Clerks Case to Secure Voters' Rights and Protect Sanctity of the Ballot
NEW ORLEANS - Today, the City of New Orleans applied for rehearing and requested oral argument at the Louisiana Supreme Court in the Orleans Parish clerk case. The City Attorney, representing both the Mayor and the New Orleans City Council, petitioned the Court to reconsider its decision, which fails to protect the rights of Orleans Parish voters. The Court decided in a narrow 4-3 decision against the City's claims and barred the City from holding the election called by the City Council for the fall.
"Neither a court nor a legislature should have the authority to override the voice of the voters and as a City we must use every tool at our disposal to defend that right when it is under attack," said Mayor Helena Moreno. "I hope the majority justices will review and reconsider their position and do right by the people of our City."
The three dissenting justices recognized the problems created by Act 15 and its disenfranchisment of Orleans Parish voters. As Justice Guidry stated in his dissent, "What was done in this instance is not only unconstitutional but undemocratic and downright un-American. The end result is that Act 15 disenfranchises an overwhelming majojrity of voters in New Orleans and eviscerates the decision they made on election day." Justice Weimer also noted in dissent, the legislature must avoid "violating one of the most sacred and fundamental rights in our system of government - the people's right to choose who will serve in an elective office."
The City remains optimistic that if the Court reconsiders the fundamental unfairness and constitutional infirmities of Act 15 under this less expedited timeline, the Court will reverse its decision.
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