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(171,601 posts) Tue May 5, 2026, 06:30 PM 8 hrs ago

Voting rights groups sue as Louisiana suspends congressional primaries

Source: Courthouse News Service

May 5, 2026

(CN) — Voting rights groups are suing the Louisiana secretary of state to stop Governor Jeff Landry from suspending the state’s primaries for the U.S. House of Representatives.

The primary elections are scheduled for May 16, with runoffs June 27. But after the U.S. Supreme Court found the state’s current congressional map unconstitutional, Landry issued an executive order April 30, pushing the primaries for the state’s six House seats to July so the Legislature can redraw the districts.

In a complaint filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana, the League of Women Voters of Louisiana Education Fund and several voters claim the governor’s order “has caused mass confusion at the polls,” with people unsure whether the elections will take place or if their votes will be counted. The groups claim that as of Saturday nearly 80,000 votes had already been cast in the primaries, with the House races still appearing on the ballot.

“The purported cancellation of the congressional primary after plaintiffs and many other voters have already cast and continue to cast valid ballots severely and unreasonably burdens their fundamental right to vote because it effectively invalidates all those votes based on retroactive orders that are out of the voters’ control,” the groups wrote. Landry’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside of work hours. A spokesperson for the Louisiana secretary of state’s office said the office doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

Read more: https://courthousenews.com/voting-rights-groups-sue-as-louisiana-suspends-congressional-primaries/