Gov. Rick Scott said before any special panel is created to look into race relations or revisit the Stand Your Ground law, the investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin should be allowed to proceed unimpeded.

Speaking to reporters in his Capitol office on Tuesday, Scott said the state should wait to take any actions until the results are completed into the investigation hes called for by Florida Department of Law Enforcement to proceed alongside those of the FBI and U.S. Department of Justice.

With Illinois having its say on Tuesday, Louisiana, which will have 46 delegates at the GOP convention in Tampa, is next in line with a primary on Saturday -- and the Republican presidential candidates are starting to focus on it.

This primary is shaping up to be the most important GOP presidential battle in the Pelican State since 1996, when Pat Buchanan effectively set himself up as the conservative alternative to Bob Dole by crushing Phil Gramm in the Louisiana caucus, which was actually held before Iowa in that election cycle.

Investigators from the secretary of states office are in Palm Beach County trying to determine how an error in the countys electronic-tabulating software resulted in the wrong results in two races.

Until I hear back from my people, were not going to make any conclusions or any ideas of what happened, Secretary of State Ken Detzner said Tuesday.

With the 2012 elections on the horizon, Detzner said members of his office are working with local elections officials and makers of the hardware and software.