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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s top elections official won’t challenge a federal judge’s decision requiring him to offer more mail-in balloting options for the fall elections to people at higher risk to the coronavirus disease.

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin told The Advocate he must focus on implementing the required changes ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

The Republican elections leader says his decision against asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear the case on an emergency basis “cuts down on the amount of confusion for voters.”

Early voting for the November election will begin Oct. 16 and run through Oct. 27.