The move is just the latest in a blizzard of election-law changes pushed through by Gov. Jeff Landry and the state's Republican supermajority since the beginning of 2024. These rapid-fire adjustments do little to improve the integrity or fairness of Louisiana's elections while almost certainly adding to voter confusion and disinterest.

Some Louisiana Republicans recently renewed an unsettled debate over whether independent voters should have a say in the GOP primary elections.

Elections scheduled for April 18 and May 30 will move to May 16 and June 27, respectively. Both bills passed along party lines.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, says the results were to be expected in blue states. But some observers see trouble for his party.

The Supreme Court will hear a case challenging the legality of laws allowing mail ballots arriving after Election Day to be counted.