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La. Gov. Edwards Declares Emergency Exists for November Election in Louisiana, Cautions That Current Emergency Elections Plan is Not Sufficient to Protect Public Health
August 19, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Aug. 19 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Aug. 18:

Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed an executive order declaring that an emergency exists for Louisiana's November election because of COVID-19, while also acknowledging that the current emergency election plan from the Secretary of State does not go far enough to protect public health.

The emergency declaration, which must be requested by the Secretary of S . . .

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