Primary elections allow voters to determine which candidates compete in the general election and can be nonpartisan or partisan. In partisan primaries, voters choose the candidates they prefer for a ...

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In Louisiana, rules to participate in primaries vary by the office up for election. The state uses semi-closed primary for congress, justice of the supreme court, the State Board of Elementary and ...