AP News: 路易斯安那州推迟初选投票

Today, I have certified that a state of emergency exists, and requested that the Governor issue an executive order postponing the spring elections. We have requested postponing the April 4 primary election until June 20 and postponing the May 9 General election until July 25. This office has used this provision in law before, most notably delaying the elections in 2005 after hurricanes Katrina and Rita and 2008 after hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

This weighty decision has been made out of abundance of caution for Louisiana's voters, voting officials and Louisiana as a whole and there were many factors that led us to arrive to this conclusion. First and foremost, we want to protect the health and safety of all Louisianans by doing our part to prevent the spread of this highly infectious disease.