The Voting Systems Commission will recommend how the state should conduct future elections. Many conservatives want to reinstate hand-marked ballots, but critics highlight the inaccessibility to some disabled voters.
BATON ROUGE A bill to allow legislative oversight in selecting new voting machines advanced through the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday.
The bill, authored by Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, establishes a Voting System Technology Commission to review voting systems and a proposal review commission to make recommendations to the secretary of state.
“It’s making sure that we have a very fair, open and transparent process as we go forward,” she said. “The statute, then, that I’m proposing is more about process and less about the answer because the idea is to have a process that works today as well as 20 years from now.”
Louisiana senators back bill to modify voting machine search
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
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1of3Bret Allain, R-Franklin, left, chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee, talks with Sen. Sharon Hewitt,R-Slidell, and Sen. Patrick McMath, R-Covington, during opening day of the Louisiana legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, April 12, 2021.Gerald Herbert/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin speaks to the House and Governmental Affairs Committee, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. Ardoin told lawmakers Thursday, April 8, 2021 that he won t soon restart Louisiana s work to upgrade its voting technology, after two prior efforts to replace thousands of voting machines were scrapped amid controversy.Melinda Deslatte/APShow MoreShow Less