La. secretary of state speaks about election security

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin spoke at a gathering of the Baton Rouge Press Membership on Monday, Nov. 7, and addressed a number of points about elections.

Individuals throughout Louisiana will head to the polls to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

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Ardoin stated his workplace has carried out necessary safety measures surrounding election gear in Louisiana. He added that voting machines are by no means linked to the web and by no means might be. As well as, Ardoin stated solely employees from the Secretary of State’s Workplace are allowed to program and take a look at voting machines.

“I’m comfortable to say that in Louisiana, we’ve labored in a bipartisan manner with the legislature and the governor to move necessary laws equivalent to payments to ban poll harvesting, guarantee we’re getting essentially the most correct data from the Louisiana Division of Well being because it pertains to deceased voters, and to require that the subsequent voting system in Louisiana can have an auditable paper path. Nonetheless, there’s nonetheless work to do,” Ardoin stated.

In response to Ardoin, as soon as each vote is counted, the outcomes are transmitted to the Secretary of State’s Workplace via a personal, safe, and always monitored line. He added that the Louisiana Legislative Auditor discovered the rolls are greater than 99% correct.

Along with election safety, Ardoin spoke about voting for the Nov. 8 election to date. He stated that 372,679 individuals in Louisiana have solid a poll to date.

The general public can get entry to voting data by going to geauxvote.com. Officers stated voters can log right into a portal and get particulars on their polling place together with a pattern poll.

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