Grappling Report: Marcus Buchecha Almeida set for MMA debut once again
bloodyelbow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodyelbow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana elections chief asks to resume voting tech search
lmtonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lmtonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisiana voting machine search halted amid vendor complaint Follow Us
Question of the Day
A member of the Louisiana Secretary of State’s elections office, Stephanie Pourciau, sets up privacy walls around voting machines at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. Early voting will run from Oct. 16 to . more > By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press - Saturday, February 13, 2021
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana’s search for new voting machines was temporarily on hold Saturday after one of the vendors trying to compete for the work complained the contractor solicitation was drawn too narrowly and could sideline it and other qualified voting technology firms.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Louisiana lawmakers intend a close watch as the state shops for new voting machines, a vendor search that comes in the aftermath of a divisive, partisan national uproar about the mechanics of casting ballots and the equipment used in that process.
The solicitation for contractors went out last week, and lawmakers are planning a joint hearing of the House and Senate elections oversight committees on Feb. 19 to dig into the details of Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s effort to replace 10,000 decades-old voting machines.
ADVERTISEMENT
“We as legislators want to be able to tell our constituents that this is a good process and that we are confident in the vendor that was selected. I think part of our responsibility is rebuilding the public trust. I think some of the national issues have caused everyone to have doubts,” said Sen. Sharon Hewitt, the Slidell Republican who chairs the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee that oversees voting issues.