Caddo commissioner proposes urging Louisiana to resume using paper election ballots

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Caddo Commissioner John-Paul Younger launched a decision Monday (April 17) urging Louisiana to implement hand-marked paper ballots or a minimum of let Caddo use them.

Paper ballots are extra trusted than the digital system, he stated.

“Paper ballots should not hackable. And so they’re agreed by each events to be essentially the most safe type of voting and essentially the most accountable and auditable type of voting,” Younger defined. “Due to this fact, it’s the type of voting that can provide our residents essentially the most confidence in our elections. And so they’re additionally means cheaper than our mechanical, digital voting machines.”

Candi Peavy, who described herself as a involved citizen, stated she’s all for Younger’s decision. “I’m very supportive of that as a result of I believe it might be the most secure and most safe system for voting for our nation, typically.”

Though some individuals agree with the decision, some commissioners stated it might transfer Louisiana again reasonably than ahead if applied.

“I believe digitally we are able to maintain the state of affairs, which we’ve been doing up to now. And I believe there’s no want for these modifications,” Caddo Commissioner Ken Epperson stated.

“The worst factor that we are able to do proper now with Louisiana is encourage voter apathy, as a result of it already exists,” Caddo Commissioner Stormy Gage-Watts stated. “Let’s proceed to maneuver ahead and proceed to make use of the machines and help the initiative to buy newer machines so we are able to proceed to be resilient and respect our democracy.”

Commissioners voted to ship the decision to a committee to debate it in additional element and vote on it later.

“I believe if they need a decision of this nature in place, an acceptable committee ought to have been put in place previous to, earlier than it got here on the ground. And that’s simply plain and easy,” Epperson stated.

Younger stated he’s glad the decision goes to be mentioned additional.

“I believe it’s a difficulty that deserves quite a lot of dialogue as a result of it’s basic to our democracy and to the arrogance of our individuals of their leaders and their legal guidelines.”

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