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Louisiana is about to eliminate the Independent Party from the state ballot.
Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced that the state will no longer recognize Independents as a political party as of August 1.
Louisiana is preparing to transition to closed party primaries for certain races, and only voters registered as Republicans, Democrats, or "no party" will be allowed to participate.
Voters registered as Independent will have their party affiliation automatically changed to "no party" in the state's voter registration system.
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