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Louisiana's Legislature has delayed spring primary elections by about one month.

The postponement is in anticipation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the state's congressional map.

Republicans hope the ruling will allow them to redraw the map, potentially eliminating a majority-Black district.

Democrats argue the delay is a partisan effort to dilute Black voting power.

Louisiana's Legislature has pushed back spring elections as it awaits a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on whether the state's congressional map is legal.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry called the Legislature into Special Session to delay the spring party primaries in hopes that the Supreme Court will allow the state to redraw its congressional map with boundaries that could eliminate one or both of Louisia

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