Today marks the first day of the 2024 legislative session. Secretary of State Nancy Landry is pushing a package of bills that would further boost our state’s election integrity policies. She says the bills would bring Louisiana closer to being ranked first in the nation for election integrity.
“This package of bills will help us get there. We think they’re common sense initiative that will improve the security and safety of our elections.”
Among those bills, is one that would expand voter canvass to further ensure that Louisiana’s voter rolls are accurate. Landry says House bill 114 will help verify if Louisiana residents are still eligible to vote.
“This will allow us to canvass our voters and verify voters on our voter rolls who haven’t had any contact with our office in 10 or more years and they haven’t voted in 10 or more years.”
Former Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed the proposed bill multiple times after it was passed by the legislature.
After 10 years, Landry points out voters would not be removed from the non-active voters list automatically. She says notification would be mailed out and if a voter does not respond…
“They can be moved to what’s called the “inactive” rolls. You can still vote when you’re on the inactive rolls. So if they come in to vote and they’re still on the inactive rolls they would still be allowed to vote and then of course they would be moved to the active rolls.”
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