New Orleans residents flocked to the polls on Saturday for the first day of early voting, forming lines outside of polling stations before they even opened to cast their ballot for mayor, sheriff and city council ahead of the Oct. 11 municipal primary.
The race to succeed Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who is term-limited and can’t seek reelection, has drawn the most attention this election cycle, and among more than a dozen voters interviewed Saturday, many said they were eager for the change in leadership in the city’s top job.
“The last four years wasn’t good,” said Algiers resident Nedra Fisher, 70, adding that Cantrell was “fabulous” during her first term, but then, “I don’t know what happened.”…