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Louisiana lawmakers back COVID-19 rules for next elections

by Melinda Deslatte
| January 5, 2021 1:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana appears on track to broaden the mail-in balloting options for spring municipal elections and two upcoming special congressional elections because of the coronavirus pandemic. The emergency plan easily won bipartisan support Tuesday from two key legislative committees, and Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his backing.

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