After five hours of debate, a Louisiana House of Representatives committee on Wednesday voted 8-6 to approve an emergency plan for this fall’s elections that most likely never will be implemented.

Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin, a Republican, said he was compelled to scale back mail-in voting options that were included in his emergency plan used for this summer’s elections because the legislature’s Republican majority wouldn’t vote for the same plan again. But Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, already has said he won’t sign off on the new plan, calling it “woefully inadequate” for protecting the right to vote and public health amid the COVID-19 pandemic.