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

• Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after supreme court ruling

Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, told CNN he doesn’t think it’s a “very good idea” for the state to postpone its May primaries after the supreme court decision. But, reported Manu Raju wrote on X, he also said he hasn’t fully thought that through yet.

There’s rightfully going to be a lot of attention on what the supreme court’s Callais decision means at the congressional level.