Landry suspends Louisiana’s May 16 House primary elections over voting rights ruling

Landry suspends Louisiana’s May 16 House primary elections over voting rights ruling

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) on Thursday suspended the May 16 primary elections for the House in his state, a day after the Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s addition of a second majority-Black congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Landry signed an executive order suspending the elections, for which early voting was set to…

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