On June 6, the Louisiana House Governmental Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 18, by a vote of 6-1. This is the bill to provide for closed primaries for congressional elections. It has already passed the Senate. It provides for primaries for all qualified parties. Louisiana has 5 qualified parties: Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green and Reform. The bill would provide that if a party has no contested primaries, then that party’s primary would not be held, and the single individual who filed, would be deemed nominated.