Louisiana Democrats on Thursday criticized the suspension of U.S. House primaries in the state one day after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidated the state’s congressional map.
“We are absolutely concerned about the whole process and the way it was done,” Dadrius Lanus, the party’s executive director, told The Epoch Times. “We’re going to fight them tooth and nail.”
Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Thursday postponing the House primaries to allow time for lawmakers to redraw and pass a new map.
Mail-in ballots were already sent out at the end of March, and early voting was set to begin Saturday for the May 16 primary election. A second primary scheduled for June 27 was also suspended….