BATON ROUGE, La. (LSU Manship News Service) – The state Legislature ended the special session on Wednesday by voting to delay the statewide primary election next year for one month while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of the state’s two so-called majority-minority congressional districts.

The final vote came in the state House, where lawmakers cleared the election delay in a 73 to 29 vote, which broke along similar lines with the state Senate in its 27-9 vote on Saturday. The vote in both houses reflected hard opposition from Black lawmakers who contended that the change is premature and will result in confusion and chaos among voters.

This legislation will move the spring primary election for Republicans and Democrats running in a party primary to May 16 from April 18. Th

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