Louisiana GOP lawmakers block plan to expand early voting

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Politics Apr 15, 2020 6:40 PM EDT

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Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — Republican state senators blocked an emergency plan to expand early voting and mail-in balloting options for Louisiana’s July presidential primary, raising objections to wider use of vote-by-mail options for people worried about the risk of exposure to the coronavirus in one of the nation’s larger outbreaks.

GOP Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin ran into a wall of opposition from his fellow Republicans — including objections from the state Republican Party — for his proposal. A Senate committee packed with Republicans rejected an emergency certification that Ardoin needed to move ahead with the changes to polling places, early voting timelines and absentee-by-mail voting eligibility.

The vote’s impact on the election is uncertain. Senators suggested Ardoin should make changes and return with a new proposal, but Ardoin warned he wasn’t certain he could negotiate a redesigned plan in time to order the supplies he would need to conduct a safe election, such as additional voting equipment and protective gear for poll workers.



Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/louisiana-gop-lawmakers-block-plan-to-expand-early-voting

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[AtheistCrusader]

1. This should be an election issue of utmost importance. For GOTV efforts, nothing shows

with clear evidence how important everyone being registered, and showing up to vote is, than frantic Republican efforts to suppress turnout.

[turbinetree]

2. Well if Texas is any indication............and that ruling, that just basically told Texas...

public safety is more important than death and there will be mail in ballots...............then these jerks are going to lose also.............and the fifth circuit ..................we already know what they think of human rights..............not much.....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142471455

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Every "Red"State is threatened by the building Blue Wave.

They are desperate to retain power. They are an organized crime party that can't afford to lose the levers of power. Their fate will be sealed.

[turbinetree]

4. Wisconsin proved that they sealed there republican fate.............people would die and put

themselves in harms way to get that vote.................and that state LA people will do the same thing..............now if Congress can just get funding to the USPS........................

[onetexan]

7. exactly, the GOP is now a crime syndicate, from the national level down to the individual states

[DENVERPOPS]

5. Yet another reason

The Republicons are pushing to open the country back up. "No virus scare", no mail in ballots needed......

Normally the Federal Election Commission would be taking them on. I guess many Dems didn't see a year or two ago when Trump completely neutered that agency. Boom, gone......

Did you see the study released today? Most deaths are to the poorer and minority citizens of this nation......
Surprise, Surprise.

[brooklynite]

6. What were the ACTUAL objections?

[DENVERPOPS]

8. Perfect Republicons

worried about the election, instead of the nightmare they are about to have with the Covid19.

They probably played a big role in not cancelling the 1.1 Million people coming to mardi gras.....

[BlueMTexpat]

9. Of course they do.