{"id":624769,"date":"2026-05-05T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/624769\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:04:20","slug":"civil-rights-groups-say-purcell-principle-prevents-louisiana-from-suspending-elections-when-votes-have-already-been-cast-democracy-docket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/624769\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights groups say Purcell principle prevents Louisiana from suspending elections when votes have already been cast &#8211; Democracy Docket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxOSEl0ZzZPZ0dOb1NFbmRtTi1FSWxzS0FNTEduNThSQ2JFa2hHeWcyaDNFRzdMeHpjX21NakpmUjB0aUIzRUJnYlNpSW01bW1tWDJKajF0MEVTdTNMcjE1SFdSU0VRVWNpRHQwVkMtSFVkRU1lT1M0S0d4bDVkSXAta2FFMGZCR0tmUDl0RGNLQlh0YWs1WlV3dUlKaDhQdFhDZlVxTDdCczBrOFF5cS1Ydks2UE9kcU5GLWVUOHpwN00tQUN3eG9FVVM0YlpVNG5RbHdRN2xEUXF1WmNzRGo1RE41NGllQUstd0h6N0p6V3dzSEVrMXUtOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Civil rights groups say Purcell principle prevents Louisiana from suspending elections when votes have already been cast<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Democracy Docket<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQaTJ3dWZNbWhEc3Rpa1BSQWFxT1pEVHRVa0tKd3E5QkJKLW93eDE3TTl2d3kwRnlSbWt3d1dyZ3dBYmt3amVRTDExRFZGdFlHeFV3cF9HbFp4bEtBUURGYWlJRWZ4TlRWLWQteGlxczVkcm9XZkhxVDVBT1NzazNDRzM5cHFSMUh1V25NSkh5TktZQnZUc0szYlZyVjQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In key Southern red state, democracy suffers dramatic back-to-back setbacks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MS NOW<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxORk5mOTE0NXFURmNuUmhVT3NjZ3ZBM0pNZzY4NGZEYng1R2tSdjNFQnlPbEdOZ0hJLTY0TDZ3a0d3NHJPV25FY1V5d0dmc3JHUldtVGxrc1FyelBHYWljajg3WHBXbFRud0hQbUFHTDczX3F4LVBSU0h1aG1JelNkM2NPa0pIaTM2NVhlU1dwdHdCbi1OWkN1OA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Voters Sue Over Louisiana Governor\u2019s Move to Delay Primary<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxQNjJtY0I4VXctQlpHQmhrTzQ3aHJKbXA4MTlwV29BOVU3cUVicV9oYVlXLXRXaDF5N2lCQURBVzlKdk9BcXc1ejBlOF85ZGp6MzNHRHQ3blJtalJrLVZnNlBuYVZWa2VNeDhXTzF6TU9VZWtqbHgxUWFxQWswS3pYZ0JacThzOU9VNmx5MEg3QU84ZUlfaW9nbzZFbzhHZDJWODBrMmU4NzZJTm5sNERsenNYb0FuYUp0bnVkdG9ZNFVQelh2ekIxaWtJRkpjYlp1?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rep. Cleo Fields, other candidates join federal lawsuit over suspended Louisiana congressional primaries<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WAFB<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQcnNXeVQ1S0FJVEx0QjdfYWJGS0VUSXlTNEtiRklwbnhWWXZRb3lDTnh1ZXV1Z2N5bG5YNEl3VEZpcGVYTFl0cUJhcFNMZEVFRjNDWlREREtMMmY2TzYwTXJEVFV0QXI0bmU4YlVsNlE2eXpkWEVFSUdPR1RkTnF6bmxkaW5uY2ljZUxRaQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018A Huge Mess\u2019: Delayed Louisiana Primaries Stoke Confusion at Ballot Box<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civil rights groups say Purcell principle prevents Louisiana from suspending elections when votes have already been cast&nbsp;&nbsp;Democracy DocketIn&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-624769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}