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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Under pressure from a federal judge, Gov. Kathleen Blanco set an April 22 date for New Orleans' elections, which were postponed after Hurricane Katrina scattered the city's residents and destroyed hundreds of voting precincts.
Elections for mayor, City Council, sheriff and tax assessors will be held on that date.
The Legislature and the U.S. Justice Department still need to sign off on Louisiana's emergency election plan, which includes beefed-up absentee balloting and the creation of "mega-polling" sites to replace those damaged by the hurricane.
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