A special election has been called to fill the Louisiana House District 69 vacancy after Republican Baton Rouge state Rep. Paula Davis announced her resignation.

A special primary election will be held May 16 for vacant state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and state Supreme Court seats.

The Supreme Court could reshape U.S. elections for years to come as it hears a number of cases with implications for the country’s political landscape. In perhaps the most high-stakes example, the country is waiting to see whether the justices decide to weaken a section of the Voting Rights Act.

Voting rights group says Parish Prison inmates, yet to be convicted of a felony, should be allowed to cast absentee ballots from the jail if they can’t vote in person for the first time.

Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced changes to the state’s election process for 2026, switching select key races from an open-primary system to a closed primary system.