The Democratic Mayor of New Orleans and the Republican Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana argue over the provision of generators at polling stations. After Hurricane “Zeta” cut power lines less than a week ago, according to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, it is possible that up to eleven districts in the city will not have electricity on Tuesday for the presidential election. According to her, State Secretary Kyle Ardoin and his electoral commissioner Sherri Wharton Hadskey refused to provide assistance in procuring generators. “If the Secretary of State’s office fails to do its job, it risks disenfranchising Orleans residents and threatens to freeze the vote,” Cantrell said on Sunday. Ardoin replied, “It is unfortunate that politicians like Mayor Cantrell (…) responded to Hurricane Zeta by trying to collect cheap political points rather than being part of a solution.“According to Cantrell, the secretary’s office has ordered New Orleans to use its own resources to provide generators for polling stations. Ardoin announced on Saturday that polling stations would get generators, but did not determine whether the state or the city were responsible. A spokesman for the office did not comment on a request from the AP news agency on Sunday. “Zeta” hit Louisiana and other states badly on Wednesday as a Category 2 hurricane. Originally, the power went out at 2.5 million customers. As of Sunday, there were more than 343,500 customers in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia without power, the website poweroutage.us reported on Sunday.