路易斯安那州参议员选举与提前投票创新高：莱特洛对决戴维斯
11月3日，路易斯安那州投票站从上午6时开放至晚上8时，晚上8时前排队的选民仍可投票，东巴吞鲁日堂区巴吞鲁日市选民将与全州选民一同选出联邦参议员，并对10项州宪法修正案投票。联邦参议员选举是全州焦点，共和党联邦众议员朱莉娅·莱特洛对阵民主党农民杰米·戴维斯，两人将接替在共和党初选中落败的现任参议员比尔·卡西迪，共和党已连续12年占据该州两个参议员席位。
州务卿办公室证实，美国司法部计划在选举日向东巴吞鲁日、奥尔良和拉斐特三个堂区派出选举监督员，监督员负责确保遵守联邦投票权法规，州务卿办公室表示联邦选举监督并非新事，路易斯安那州选举仍按州法管理。提前投票规模创下中期选举纪录，全州已投出530514张提前和缺席选票，其中民主党225951票、共和党208344票，民主党在提前投票阶段领先超过1.76万票。
东巴吞鲁日堂区提前投票中民主党28435票、共和党16044票，州务卿办公室预计全州总投票人数约165万人，投票率在48%至52%之间。选民投票须携带带照片的有效身份证件，可通过GeauxVote.com或手机应用查询指定投票点和样本选票。
（来源：路易斯安那第一）
Louisiana Senate Race and Record Early Voting: Letlow Faces Davis
Louisiana polls were open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 3, with anyone in line by 8 p.m. able to vote. Baton Rouge voters in East Baton Rouge Parish joined the state in choosing a U.S. senator and deciding 10 state constitutional amendments. The Senate race pitted Republican U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow against Democratic farmer Jamie Davis to succeed Sen. Bill Cassidy, who lost the Republican primary; Republicans have held both of Louisiana's Senate seats for 12 years. The Secretary of State's office confirmed the U.S. Department of Justice planned to send election monitors to East Baton Rouge, Orleans and Lafayette parishes to ensure compliance with federal voting-rights laws, and noted that federal monitoring is not new and Louisiana elections remain governed by state law. Early voting set a midterm record: 530,514 early and absentee ballots were cast statewide, with Democrats at 225,951 and Republicans at 208,344, a Democratic early-vote lead of more than 17,600. In East Baton Rouge Parish, early ballots split 28,435 Democratic to 16,044 Republican, and the Secretary of State projected total turnout of about 1.65 million voters, or 48% to 52%. Voters had to bring valid photo ID and could check precincts and sample ballots at GeauxVote.com or in the app.
(Source: Louisiana First News)
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图片来源：图：路易斯安那州议会大厦（1932年资料照片）。Wikimedia Commons，公共领域。 / Photo: The Louisiana State Capitol in a 1932 photograph. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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