BATON ROUGE, La. -- Early voting for the October 4 primary begins Saturday and continues through September 27, excluding Sunday.

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Absentee voters wait in line at the Registrar of Voters office in Elmwood.

The ballot includes races for Congress, state Supreme Court, Public Service Commission and a number of local races.

The runoff election, if necessary, will be in conjunction with the presidential election on November 4.

Voters should bring a Louisiana driver's license, a Louisiana special identification card or some other recognized photo identification and their voter registration card.

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