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    Louisiana Voters Divided Among 217 Political Parties The Louisiana Secretary of State carefully records the political party voters choose when they register to vote, which is how Louisiana's voter roll came to include 217 political parties, 86 which have only one member.  Included in that list is the Bull Moose Party, with its five members, 12 Jedis, 20  members of the Banana Party, one Monarchist, 16 Whigs, two Cajuns and a list of equally amusing party choices.  Read Gannett's Mike Hasten's hilarious account of those who list their party registration as "other" at the link below.

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Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis

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Speaker of the House Says Jindal, Senate to Blame for Pending Budget Crisis

Speaking to the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana House Speaker Jim Tucker laid the blame for a 2011 state budget crisis on Governor Bobby Jindal and the Senate, saying next year's looming $2 billion budget shortfall could have been mitigated if they had been willing to make more significant cuts in the current and previous budgets.  Tucker said the state's colleges and universities will be the hardest hit, pointing to the student protests at UNO this week as a by-product of the deep cuts to higher education. 

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