A disabilities advocacy group is suing Louisiana state officials to prevent the enforcement of new laws that the plaintiff says violate the rights of the disabled to gain voting assistance under the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA).
Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to a request by Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin to ban the use of the social media app TikTok on all devices under the state’s control, according to a statement released by Ardoin’s office.
A former Army colonel who has been subpoenaed by the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the nation’s Capitol testified for over an hour before a Louisiana panel looking into how to upgrade the state’s voting machines.
Louisiana’s chief elections officer pledges to continue the state’s “reputation of election integrity” as the process begins to replace approximately 10,000 voting machines.
Louisiana’s secretary of state has pulled the plug on a request-for-proposal (RFP) process to choose a new voting machine vendor and upgrade the state’s aging elections technology, citing misinformation that has hurt voter confidence in the system.
An Amite city councilman was arrested on multiple counts of election fraud earlier this month in conjunction with an investigation carried out by the Louisiana attorney general and secretary of state.
Louisianans affected by COVID-19 should be able to request absentee ballots using the same system that was in place during the July and August elections, a federal court judge ruled last week.
Gov. John Bel Edwards and Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin filed final briefs this week in a federal lawsuit that will determine what coronavirus protections will be in place for the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Gov. John Bel Edwards has given a thumbs-down to Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s emergency plan for the Nov. 3 election, saying the plan falls short of protecting public health during the coronavirus pandemic.
Those urging the expansion of mail-in voting in Louisiana during the Nov. 3 presidential election expect the secretary of state to call for some emergency measures in the coming week in light of the coronavirus emergency.
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Democrats, including state. Rep. Mandie Landry (D-New Orleans), say they plan to sue Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin for failing to get mail-in-ballots to voters in time for the July 11 elections.
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s emergency plan to expand the number of people eligible to request absentee ballots for the July 11 presidential primary election and the upcoming Aug. 15 municipal elections has been upheld by a federal judge.
There has been a dramatic shift in support in the state parishes for Louisiana's Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, who is headed into a runoff next month, a Google developer said in a recent Twitter post.
NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana Record) – Two Louisiana state appeals court judges, William J. "Will" Crain and Hans Liljeberg, will face off next month in the race for a vacant Louisiana Supreme Court seat.
BATON ROUGE — After 19th District Judge Tim Kelley decided on March 13 to keep in place a 1976 law that prohibits felons on parole and probation from voting, Voice Of The Experienced (VOTE) Executive Director Bruce Reilly voiced that the organization is “disappointed in the law.”
HARAHAN — Louisiana officials are investigating the “special” voting machine used by some voters in Jefferson Parish following complaints that the system may have been rigged.
NEW ORLEANS – With a hearing date looming after the long Memorial Day weekend, attorneys for the company that lost its bid to develop the former World Trade Center in New Orleans have filed a memorandum they hope will bolster their right to sue the city.
