Bill to expand early voting for presidential elections passes La. House committee
“The ultimate goal of everything that we do when it comes to elections is to get more people to the polls to go vote," said Rep. Les Farnum, R- Sulphur.
Credit: Sydney McGovern/LSU Manship School News Service
Rep. Frederick Jones, D-Monroe, testified about his bill to extend early voting in presidential elections.
Author: Sydney McGovern LSU Manship School News Service
Published: 1:52 PM CDT May 5, 2021
Updated: 1:52 PM CDT May 5, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill to extend early voting from seven to 10 days during presidential elections was approved unanimously by a House committee Wednesday.