45,000 Votes Will Be Discarded In Louisiana. Gov Says It's 'Not A Big Deal.'

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Source: Huff Post

May 11, 2026, 10:06 PM EDT


In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on gerrymandering, Louisiana’s governor suspended the state’s primary elections, even though tens of thousands of votes had already been cast. Now he intends to toss those votes.

During a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, Gov. Jeff Landry (R) was pressed about what would happen to the roughly 45,000 ballots that were cast prior to the high court’s decision. “This country has held elections during the Civil War, during two world wars, elections still went on,” correspondent Cecilia Vega said. “We’ll have an election, and we’re actually gonna have an election on election day,” Landry responded.

“But voting was already happening,” Vega said, cutting Landry off. “As we sit here right now, more than 45,000 ballots have been returned. What happens to those?”vv“Oh, those ballots are discarded,” Landry said. “And those people will vote again in November.”

Vega seemed to take issue with the cavalierness of the governor’s response. “You say that like it’s not a big deal,” she said. “Well, it’s not a big deal,” Landry responded. “It’s not my fault. If anyone has a grievance, take it to the United States Supreme Court.”

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[pfitz59]

1. I hope the Dems come out gangbusters

and drive the GOP out

[riversedge]

2. Looks like that is the only thing to do at this point

[Miguelito Loveless]

3. Right, they will vote again in November

and be arrested for voting twice. Mark my words.

[durablend]

9. That or "Voting While Black"

Can't have that.

[displacedvermoter]

4. This is the guy Trump has chosen to be

Reich Minister of Greenland if things go as planned. I can see him signing off on executing the members of their government and legislature, "shoot 200 people, not a big deal"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I hope that this asshole is recalled

Link to tweet

[Roy Rolling]

10. There's a recall effort recently underway n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Rachel discussed the recall effort last night

[dickthegrouch]

6. Since there's no way to change the ridiculously rapid change to the law

All those voters need to demand newly printed ballots and, since the previous ones are discarded (without being tabulated in any way), demand a new ballot because the previous one was illegally printed and distributed.

[moniss]

7. Voting in November is not the same

and not having the primary negates the candidate selection process for the November election. All of this whipsawing back and forth is guaranteed to be used to challenge November results they don't like. I can see the phony demands in court now. "We didn't have enough time", "Voters were deprived by confusion", "Elections personnel were inept", "Results in "x" area need to be thrown out" and on and on through appeals and delays all while Mike "The Weasel" Johnson refuses to seat newly elected members.

They will try to drag this out for at least 2 years. If they can delay in the lower courts until they can get their MAGA SC Justices to take the case late in the Spring of 2027 then the SC can hold it over for the Fall Term of 2027 and then not issue their ruling until the summer of 2028. Basically allowing the GQP to successfully negate the 2026 mid-term results by using the delay tactics and foot-dragging by the courts.

[maxsolomon]

8. If a Dem had done this, it would have been The Apocalypse on the RWNM*

*RWNM = Right Wing Noise Machine

[BumRushDaShow]

11. They have spent the last 5 years lying and ranting with claims that "Democrats have 'thrown out ballots '"

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Rachel Maddow exposes how Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry literally cancelled an ongoing election

Link to tweet