ICYMI: $135 Million for Closed Primaries is Fiscally Reckless and Bad Policy
February 06, 2024
February 06, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) wrote a Letter to the Editor in The Advocate opposing the Louisiana Legislature's vote to switch the state from an open primary to a closed primary system. According to polling, 97% of Louisianans do not want to spend millions of dollars on more elections. The change to a closed primary system is estimated to cost taxpayers $135 million over 10 years while . . .
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) wrote a Letter to the Editor in The Advocate opposing the Louisiana Legislature's vote to switch the state from an open primary to a closed primary system. According to polling, 97% of Louisianans do not want to spend millions of dollars on more elections. The change to a closed primary system is estimated to cost taxpayers $135 million over 10 years while . . .