Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced this morning that in light of the current events the upcoming elections in the state will be postponed. Ardoin says the safety of the voters and poll workers are at the forefront of the decision to delay the April 4th election to June 20th. Ardoin says the state has 3-million registered voters that vote at more than two-thousand polling locations across the state.
LSU has now canceled all on and off-campus events through May 30th due to coronavirus concerns.
As the number of presumptive positive cases statewide hits 33 the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Awareness announces the state emergency operations center has been partially activated.
Governor John Bel Edwards says everybody in Louisiana has a role to play in slowing down the spread of the coronavirus. Jeff Palermo has the story…