Louisiana Governor And Attorney General Cancel Congressional Primaries

The cancelation comes after the Supreme Court's decision to throw out the state's existing congressional map.

Louisiana’s May congressional primaries have been suspended after a Supreme Court ruling.

The party primary elections for its six U.S. House seats were set to be held on May 16. The cancelation comes after the Supreme Court’s decision to throw out the state’s existing congressional map.

Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill released a joint statement that said, “The Supreme Court previously stayed an injunction against the state’s enforcement of the current congressional map.” They added, “By the court’s order, however, that stay automatically terminated with yesterday’s decision. Accordingly, the state is currently enjoined from carrying out congressional elections under the current map.”

Voting is already underway in the elections which Landry and Murrill said must be halted. Absentee ballots have been mailed to voters and early in-person voting for the election was supposed to start Saturday. It’s not clear what authority or mechanism the governor and the attorney general are using to call off the elections.

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