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Louisiana has rewritten the election rules for congressional and certain state elections, moving to a closed party primary system that will change the sign-up process for how candidates get their names on the ballot and provide new rules for how voters participate.
Louisiana has rewritten the election rules for congressional and certain state elections, moving to a closed party primary system that will change the sign-up process for how candidates get their names on the ballot and provide new rules for how voters participate.
In a quick special session that lasted only a week, Louisiana lawmakers pushed the spring 2026 election dates back a month amid hopes the delay could buy them enough time to redraw state congressional districts if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the current map.
Louisiana’s first legislative session of the new administration and new term will include proposals to change the state’s primary election system from an open primary to a closed one, an issue never highlighted by candidates in the 2023 elections.
With the end of Gov. John Bel Edwards’s second term, Louisiana voters head back to the polls Saturday for a gubernatorial primary that is expected to see lower turnout than some of the state’s prior governor’s elections over the last 20 years.
As voters begin to prepare who they’ll select for statewide offices, PAR has published a one-page document with information on statewide elected officials’ job duties and responsibilities to better help voters understand each role.
Since voters ratified the Louisiana Constitution in 1974, they have been asked to decide 305 amendments, a number growing to 308 with the proposals in the December election. So far, 206 changes have won approval.