Louisiana holds a special election on October 19 to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, Fifth District. Filing closes at the end of the day on August 21. It appears 14 candidates have filed, including one Green, two Libertarians, four Democrats, five Republicans, and two independents. Here is the list. Thanks to Randall Hayes for the link.
The Fifth District includes northeast Louisiana. The seat is vacant because the incumbent, Rodney Alexander, resigned to take another job. The election is set for October 19. If no one gets 50%, a run-off will be held.
It is simply unfathomable to me that the Louisiana SoS site lists the race of the candidates.
Wow, I’ve never seen that before. Is race also listed on the ballot? Truly shameful.
Before 1964, Louisiana listed the race of every candidate on ballots. But in 1964 the US Supreme Court ruled that listing the race of every candidate on the ballot is unconstitutional. The case was Anderson v Martin.