Some Louisiana Republicans recently renewed an unsettled debate over whether independent voters should have a say in the GOP primary elections.

Early voting for Louisiana's general elections on Nov. 15 started on Nov. 1 and run through Nov. 8. Louisiana Secretary of State said voters can be assured there are multiple security measures in place to keep early voting safe.

The move is just the latest in a blizzard of election-law changes pushed through by Gov. Jeff Landry and the state's Republican supermajority since the beginning of 2024. These rapid-fire adjustments do little to improve the integrity or fairness of Louisiana's elections while almost certainly adding to voter confusion and disinterest.

If the Supreme Court weakens the Voting Rights Act, Louisiana lawmakers could have an opportunity to draw new maps further boosting the GOP.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, says the results were to be expected in blue states. But some observers see trouble for his party.

A Voting Rights Act lawsuit led the Legislature in 2024 to draw the current voting map, under which two of Louisiana’s six congressional districts are majority-Black. Those districts are represented by Congressmen Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, and Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge.

Louisiana Representative Julie Emerson recruits New York businesses to Louisiana after the city elected democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Louisiana's Supreme Court case could limit states' ability to consider race when drawing congressional map boundaries.