Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin on Tuesday asked Gov. John Bel Edwards to delay the October statewide election by five weeks because of Hurricane Ida’s damage to polling locations, displacement of elections workers and widespread destruction across southeastern parishes. Ardoin, a Republican, urged Edwards to push the Oct. 9 election back to the Nov.
Ida’s devastation prompts Ardoin to request election delay
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