BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana will implement closed-party primaries for all federal elections and elections for the state Supreme Court, Public Service Commission, and BESE starting next year, meaning voters can only vote for candidates affiliated with their registered party.

Voters registered as no-party will have to pick a primary to vote in under the new system.

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has been an outspoken critic of the shift, saying it changes a system that has worked for Louisiana for decades.

“Washington’s broken, and to reverse it in Louisiana and go back to a closed primary when obviously something’s gotta be done to fix Washington, and nobody argues that an open primary would make those sides have to get along. Why would we change that in Louisiana? For 20 ye

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