Louisiana’s Republican lawmakers and Democratic governor are at an impasse on an emergency elections plan, and the state’s elections chief is warning he may have difficulties administering the fall elections in the coronavirus pandemic because of the stalemate. A federal judge will likely to determine how much logistical freedom Republican Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin gets to manage the Nov. 3 presidential election. That has him worried he won’t have some of the flexibility to adjust polling locations, recruit poll commissioners, expand early voting and tweak absentee balloting deadlines. He told senators Thursday that without the flexibility, he doesn’t believe Louisiana will have complete results on election night.
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