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Louisiana governor will block emergency virus elections plan

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 2:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday that he will reject an emergency plan for the fall elections because it doesn't expand mail-in balloting options for people quarantined because of the coronavirus pandemic or those at greater risk of serious harm from COVID-19.

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