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Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling
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this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2026
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What's amazing to me is how fast they blocked the elections because the maps were found "illegal". The state of Ohio's Supreme Court found their election maps illegal multiple times and the legislator delayed until they said "Oh well too close to the election now ¯_(ツ)_/¯". But now like 3 days before Louisiana's elections suddenly they gotta shut it all down to fix such an injustice..
What a racket.
The GOP is staring down the pipe of a landslide election in 2026, so they gotta sandbag every seat they can.
Liberals would logically respond by gerrymandering in-kind, as they've done in Virginia and started doing in California. But the innate "bring a sternly worded letter to a gun fight" reflexes of the American democrat continues to drag out any response until well past the point at which they've conceded the next election.
This is going to be 2018 all over again. A bunch of excitement about a landslide that ends with a slew of concessions to Moderate Republicans. Democrats screaming "Vote Blue No Matter Who" at anyone who balks at the Henry Cuellar Re-election Campaign, then politely lining up behind John Fetterman for Senate Majority Leader once the polls close.
It is a bit crazy. Does an election with illegal maps count? Can it be challenged in court?
It sounds like (and I could be wrong) that the map they have been using for at least one cycle has been found illegal. So what happens to the people elected by that map? Can the loser from before sue now? Feels like the court should have given some direction on what to do here.