Saturday is Election Day for the Presidential Preference Primary. The voting process will look a little different than other elections. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says there will be spread mitigation efforts in place and they’ve recruited poll workers that are less susceptible to poor outcomes from COVID-19 exposure.
“We certainly feel like we’ve done the job that we need to. Our local clerks have worked real well and worked really hard to recruit new commissioners, so we think that we’ll be just fine on Election Day,” said Ardoin.
Only registered Republicans can vote in the GOP primary and, even though Joe Biden is anticipated to accept the nomination, registered Democrats can select between the 14 candidates up for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Louisiana’s presidential primary is not the only item on the ballot for the July 11th. There are also local races in 24 parishes and party committee positions.
“Use the GeauxVote app and pull up their ballot and make it easy on themselves. There are important issues and other races that are on the ballot locally,” said Ardoin.
If you are hoping to get your hands on the state’s famous “I Voted” stickers, Ardoin says you are out of luck with this election.
“Not stickers this time. We didn’t want to spread COVID through stickers,” said Ardoin.
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