Activists seek messages to engage voters of color in 2024
This past year's elections in Louisiana didn't go the way voting rights advocate Ashley Shelton hoped, with the far-right conservative attorney general replacing a term-limited Democratic governor and consolidating Republican control in the state. Turnout was just 37%, despite the efforts of activists like her. "Even when you work hard and you do all the things you're supposed to, you get an unfortunate outcome, which was these statewide elections," said Shelton, the executive director of Power Coalition for Equity & Justice in Louisiana.