Canceled House Races Cause Confusion as Louisiana Early Voting Begins |
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Early voting for the May 16 election began Saturday with confusion over whether all the races listed on the ballot are still taking place.
Even motivated voters who showed up within the first few hours said they weren’t quite sure whether the U.S. House elections were still happening.
“I went ahead and voted for who I wanted to vote for. If they don’t count it, that’s their problem,” said Betty Powers, who has participated in every election since 1968, outside an East Baton Rouge Parish polling location.
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry canceled the U.S. House races Thursday, a day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Louisiana’s House district map unconstitutional.
Republican Secretary of State Nancy Landry, who is not related to the governor, has said votes cast in Louisiana’s U.S. House races won’t be counted. But that didn’t deter several early voters from picking a House candidate on their ballot anyway.
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“Something is delayed … but I don’t know if it affects East Baton Rouge Parish or not,” said Valerie Amato, who wore a shirt with the picture of President Donald Trump and the slogan ‘I’m still here’ to her polling location. She said she voted for a U.S. House candidate out of........