Where do things stand with Louisiana’s primaries?

Louisiana will hold some of its primary elections on May 16, though its House primary races have been delayed at the direction of Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA).

Landry announced the delay after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling late last month in Louisiana v. Callais, which held the state’s creation of a second minority-majority district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. In his executive order delaying the races, he stressed that it only applied to the state’s five House seats.

“This is a mandatory step prior to the Governor issuing an executive order suspending the upcoming Louisiana U.S. House races,” he said. “All other races on the ballot, besides the U.S. House races, will continue as scheduled, with early voting beginning on Saturday.”

Voting rights groups have sued the state to stop the delay. Roughly 42,000 people had voted in absentia by the time Landry pushed the