NOLA-700,000 displaced Louisiana voters will soon get information packets

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Far-flung La. voters to receive mailings

They'll explain how, when to cast ballots
Friday, March 03, 2006
By Ed Anderson
Capital bureau
BATON ROUGE -- More than 700,000 displaced Louisiana voters will soon get information packets on how they can participate in local, state and federal elections this year. But a radio and television education campaign informing them of their voting rights has not gotten off the ground, officials said Thursday.

Jennifer Marusak, assistant to Secretary of State Al Ater, said the first direct mailings left the printers Wednesday and should be in the hands of displaced residents by the end of next week. . . . ..

Marusak said the state hoped to have the radio and television commercials produced and . . . . broadcast commercials have been delayed because the office has had trouble finding an entertainment figure to act as spokesperson and a studio to tape the commercials. Free said she thinks that problem was solved Thursday when "a star" agreed to do the commercials free. . . . .

"We have had to beef up our voter information hotline" to accommodate the calls, she said.

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