Louisiana will delay its presidential primary next month because of the coronavirus outbreak
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will issue an executive order on Friday that will postpone the state's upcoming elections including its presidential primary, his office said."We are experiencing community spread of coronavirus in Louisiana and the Governor is taking decisive action to slow its progress," Christina Stephens, Edwards' deputy chief of staff, told CNN in an email.
"This weighty decision has been made out of an absolute abundance of caution for Louisiana's voters, voting officials and the general public as a whole, and there were many factors that led us to arrive to this conclusion," Ardoin said. Ardoin said more than half of Louisiana's Election Day commissioners are 65 and older, and several polling locations are in nursing homes.
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