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Accused murderer qualifies for Louisiana congressional race from jail
Monroe News-Star
A Louisiana minister charged with the murder of his 8-year-old stepson in 2008 is running for Congress from his jail cell in Catahoula Parish while he awaits a new trial as first reported by WWL-TV.
Errol Victor Sr. qualified to run in the March 20 special election to fill the state s 5th Congressional District seat left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died from COVID-19 complications last month before he could be seated.
Tyler Brey, a spokesman for Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, told USA Today Network that Victor qualified by proxy.
Man charged with second degree murder qualifies for 5th Congressional District seat
Piper Blackburn/AP
Voting stations are set up for the primary election at the Kentucky Exposition Center, Monday, June 22, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. With one polling place designated for Louisville on Tuesday, voters who didnât cast mail-in ballots could potentially face long lines in Kentuckyâs unprecedented primary election. (AP Photo/Piper Blackburn)
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BATON ROUGE, La. â A Louisiana man charged with second degree murder in 2008 and later convicted in 2014 has qualified to run for the 5th Congressional District seat that was left vacant after Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died late last year.
Louisiana s proposed spring elections plan: Expanded mail-in voting, no extra early voting days
Sam Karlin
Louisiana s chief elections official is proposing an emergency plan for the February and Spring elections mirroring the expansion of mail-in voting allowed during the presidential election this fall, though without additional days of early voting.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, a Republican, submitted his plan to lawmakers ahead of legislative hearings next week. If approved by lawmakers and Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, the state will have in place the same mail-in voting expansion as the summer, November and December elections.
It doesn t feature the extra days of early voting that were included in Louisiana s November presidential election. Those extra days helped power early voting to record levels in the state.
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