[CFW]

It seems Louisiana voters made the right choice in their choice for governor last year. Closed primaries would seem to be a no-brainer. Other GOP majority states should do the same.

[BobL]

Some GOP psycho claimed that a Democrat voting in the GOP Primary will be more likely to vote GOP in November. Part of the mass insanity that occurred during the Hippie Movement. Glad to see at least some Republicans FINALLY coming to their senses.

[mewzilla]

Have they?

Are the state’s elections secured?

(crickets)

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Very wise. Sick to death of having Democrats choose our candidates.

[Terry L Smith]

to those who say ‘good’ to a ‘closed primary’, the one-time voting, instead of re-voting with each run-off, i agree. the ‘closed primaary’ also cuts out any ‘other than the dem/rep constituents from voting in the primary process.

[Terry L Smith]

to those who say ‘good’ to a ‘closed primary’, the one-time voting, instead of re-voting with each run-off, i agree. the ‘closed primaary’ also cuts out any ‘other than the dem/rep constituents from voting in the primary process.

[MikelTackNailer]

Senate Bill 8, sponsored by Sen. Glen Womack, R-Madisonville, and preferred by Landry, would transform Republican U.S. Rep. Garret Graves’ 6th Congressional District into a second Black-majority district.

Sounds to me like Republicans ceding more power to the Democrats in the never-ending gerrymandering contest. How is that good? Or am I missing something.

[Ancesthntr]

Good! I am sick to death of open primaries - how is it that they are even allowed? Why should Dems have any influence on who becomes the Republican nominee, or the other way around? To me, one of the worst examples of this was when Dems came out in SC in 2008 and voted in the hundreds of thousands for McStain, destroying Fred Thompson’s campaign. FT would have fought Obama hard on the campaign trail…and we know what McStain did, all because of open primaries.

[The Sons of Liberty]

into a second Black-majority district

Why is it that Blacks get "majority" districts? What about other ethnic groups?

Or how about just having districts and let the voters determine?

[Steven Scharf]

In the article, the link to Senate Bill 8 goes to the House Bill referred to below it.

The correct link is https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245512&sbi=y

Junk news sources getting it wrong.

[Steven Scharf]

This article has a graphic of the new districts.

https://lailluminator.com/2024/01/19/graves-to-lose-u-s-house-seat-under-louisiana-redistricting-plan-that-adds-minority-seat/

If someone could post the graphic, that would be helpful.

[Svartalfiar]

...Why is the State even involved in primaries? They aren’t real elections, why not let the parties handle them? At most, local gov’t should be involved by providing offices or libraries or firehouses as locations, but nothing more than that.