Bernard v. Landry

On May 4, 2026, Louisiana voters and the League of Women Voters of Louisiana sued Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry after Governor Jeff Landry issued an executive order purporting to suspend Louisiana's congressional primary elections after absentee and early voting had already begun.

Plaintiffs alleged that discarding already-cast ballots violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments and fundamentally undermined the fairness of the electoral process. They sought an order requiring Louisiana officials to preserve and count ballots already cast in the congressional primaries.