Tuesday is the last day of early voting in the Bayou State and Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin expects another busy day with as many as 80,000 voters expected to cast their ballot. Due to the pandemic, three extra days and longer hours were added to the early voting period. At the end of this extended version of early voting Ardoin, predicts as many as 950,000 Louisianans will have performed their civic duty.
“Very pleased that people are excited about this race, no matter what political leanings you have, people are excited about this race and they are getting out to vote,” said Ardoin.
Despite COVID mitigation efforts and record-breaking turnout, the average wait time to vote is approximately 25 minutes.
“Some areas just a little bit longer, depending on the time that you go, but things have been moving very well and we’ve been complimented on the process that we’ve put in place,” said Ardoin.
Ardoin says with approximately 200,000 absentee ballots and three-quarters of a million in-person early voters, poll workers are ready for a well-deserved break.
“The expanded hours has really taken a toll on our election workers all across the state, you know 12 hour days are pretty long days over a ten-day period,” said Ardoin.
Early voting will conclude at 7 PM at select locations.
The deadline to request an absentee ballot is October 30th at 4:30 pm and the ballot must be returned by November 2nd at 4:30 pm.
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