Louisiana claims supreme court voting rights decision means it cannot carry out primaries with current electoral maps – live

State’s governor and attorney general move to postpone midterm 2026 primaries just a day after supreme court ruling guts Voting Rights Act

The election suspension was denounced by some Democrats, the Associated Press reported.

“This is going to cause mass confusion among voters – Democrats, Republicans, white, Black, everybody,” said Louisiana state senator Royce Duplessis, a Democrat who represents the New Orleans area. “What they’re effectively doing is changing the rules of the game in the middle of the game. It’s rigging the system.”

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