Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry says she has worked to improve the state’s election system since her first day in office, even as she acknowledges it is outdated.

A special primary election will be held May 16 for vacant state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and state Supreme Court seats.

There are four open seats in the Louisiana House and one open seat in the Louisiana Senate after a handful of lawmakers resigned their posts this fall to pursue other jobs.

Voting rights group says Parish Prison inmates, yet to be convicted of a felony, should be allowed to cast absentee ballots from the jail if they can’t vote in person for the first time.

Louisiana’s existing six congressional districts will be used for the 2026 midterm election after the U.S. Supreme Court did not rule in a case challenging their boundaries by the end of 2025. State lawmakers convened for a special session in October to push back election deadlines one month,

Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced that six voting systems have been certified as the state moves forward with plans to acquire a new, fully auditable voting system.