Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) will not seek re-election.
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has asked Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin to revise his plan for the July 11th presidential primary over concerns that his proposal that expands mail-in voting gives that option to too many people. Shreveport Senator Barry Milligan is concerned about voter fraud.
“It seems like we are opening ourselves up to more risk and fraud than ever,” said Milligan.
The emergency election rule would allow anyone to mail in an absentee ballot if they are concerned they could be exposed to the coronavirus. Ardoin says, unfortunately, it’s necessary so that register voters have the constitutional right to vote. Milligan asked Ardoin if the wording of the rule can be changed.
“I think you are setting us up for failure, I think you are setting us up for even more concerns that the results are not valid,” said Ardoin.
On a five to one party-line vote, the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee has asked Ardoin to bring another emergency election proposal to them that would lower the number of people would be eligible to vote with a mail ballot. Milligan pushed for a new proposal.
“I wanted to be able to provide everybody the right to vote, but we also want to balance it with the sanctity of the election process,” said Milligan.
Ardoin says he needs legislative approval of his emergency election plan by April 26th in order for the legislative approvalesidential primary to take place in July.
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