- Retired Louisiana Supreme Court justice Joseph Bleich made a decision on Tuesday that the election results of the Caddo Parish Sheriff race are now null and void.
- This decision came following a Nov. 18 runoff election where Democrat candidate Henry Whitehorn emerged victorious against Republican opponent John Nickelson, winning by just one vote, KTAL NBC 6 reports.
- Bleich, serving as Judge “ad hoc” for the First Judicial District Court, explained in his ruling that because the runoff election ended in a one-vote difference, “It was proven beyond any doubt that there were at least 11 illegal votes cast and counted.”
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Louisiana Judge Orders New Vote For County Sheriff, Cites ‘Illegal Votes’
Election worker Ramona Ortiz places a sign outside a polling station at Fire Station 3 on E. Rio Grande Ave in El Paso, Texas, just before polls open on Nov. 8, 2022. Next year is shaping up to be another busy for state legislatures seeking to change voting laws. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
