Published: March 30, 2026
By: Sheridan White and Courtney Bell, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE –The Secretary of State’s office is encouraging Louisiana voters to check their registration as the state prepares for a change that will limit their choices in some elections.
Louisiana is preparing to implement a new closed-primary system for statewide elections, a shift that will limit choices to candidates in their own parties instead of allowing them to vote for candidates in any party.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry said her department is engaging with voters to clarify the changes adopted by the Legislature and Gov. Jeff Landry.
“We have been doing everything we can to get voters ready for the changes coming up in the May primary,” Landry said in a webinar with the Public Affairs Research Council on Friday.
The closed-party primaries will limit the candidates they can choose from in the primary based on their voter registrations.
Read more at WBRZ.
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