The way Republicans tell it, the special session that begins Thursday afternoon is not complicated and, ideally, it won’t last very long.

“Everybody wants to just get in and get out,” said Sen. Caleb Kleinpeter, R-Port Allen, who will be carrying legislation that is likely to be the sole focus at the Capitol. “I think we’ll be done by Nov. 1.”

The plan? Push Louisiana’s new closed primary elections in April back one month and hold them in May instead, to buy time for a potential Supreme Court decision that could allow Louisiana to draw a new congressional map.

The session will be “pretty straightforward,” said Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, who is spearheading the effort in the House.

“We’re just looking to push the election dates back 30 days,” he said.

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