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Louisiana early voting bill advances in state House committee

Sydney McGovern LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE A bill to extend early voting from seven to 10 days during presidential elections was approved unanimously by a House committee Wednesday. Rep. Frederick Jones, D-Monroe, offered his bill after the record voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election. Louisiana saw over 2.1 million people vote in November, and 986,000 of them voted early in-person. The bill originally extended early voting for every election, but after financial concerns from the registrars of voters, Jones limited the bill to presidential elections. The extension of early voting comes with a price tag of $400,000 to the state, including pay for poll workers.

Bill to extend early voting advances through House committee

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. Rep. Frederick Jones, D-Monroe, offered his bill after the record voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election. Louisiana saw over 2.1 million people vote in November, and 986,000 of them voted early in-person. The bill originally extended early voting for every election, but after financial concerns from the registrars of voters, Jones limited the bill to presidential elections. The extension of early voting comes with a price tag of $400,000 to the state, including pay for poll workers. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin noted that while early voting provides a great convenience to voters, extending this period for every election would come with challenges for his office and the registrars.

Louisiana early voting bill advances in state House committee

BATON ROUGE A bill to extend early voting from seven to 10 days during presidential elections was approved unanimously by a House committee Wednesday. Rep. Frederick Jones, D-Monroe, offered his bill after the record voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election. Louisiana saw over 2.1 million people vote in November, and 986,000 of them voted early in-person. The bill originally extended early voting for every election, but after financial concerns from the registrars of voters, Jones limited the bill to presidential elections. The extension of early voting comes with a price tag of $400,000 to the state, including pay for poll workers.   Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin noted that while early voting provides a great convenience to voters, extending this period for every election would come with challenges for his office and the registrars.  

Bill to expand early voting for presidential elections passes La House committee

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.

Bill to extend early voting advances through Louisiana House committee

Bill to extend early voting advances through Louisiana House committee By: Sydney McGovern, LSU Manship School News Service Posted at 1:56 PM, May 05, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-05 14:57:37-04 BATON ROUGE, La. — A bill to extend early voting from seven to 10 days during presidential elections was approved unanimously by a Louisiana House committee Wednesday. Rep. Frederick Jones, D-Monroe, offered his bill after the record voter turnout in the 2020 presidential election. Louisiana saw more than 2.1 million people vote in November, and 986,000 of them voted early in-person. The bill originally extended early voting for every election, but after financial concerns from the registrars of voters, Jones limited the bill to presidential elections. The extension of early voting comes with a price tag of $400,000 to the state, including pay for poll workers.

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