During all statewide elections held in Louisiana in April 2024, 34,454 of the almost 1.6 million votes cast were absentee ballots, or about 2% of all votes cast.
Act 380 states that no person but immediate family of the voter can deliver more than one marked ballot per election to the registrar of voters.
Act 302 states that no person except the immediate family member of the voter or certain qualified election worker can assist more than one voter in completing their absentee ballot.
Act 317 states that no person except an immediate family member of the voter shall submit more than one completed absentee ballot application to the registrar of voters.
The office stated all absentee ballots require a signature; absentee ballots are only sent to those who request one and are qualified to receive them; voters who vote absentee must have first voted in-person in a previous election and confirmed their identity.
In July, Disability Rights Louisiana filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the new absentee voter laws that they claimed suppressed the votes of people with disabilities.
In January 2024, The Center Square Voters' Voice poll found that, among likely voters, 19% of respondents answered they were "Not very confident" and 13% said they were "Not confident at all" that votes will be tallied correctly.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_132c3a86-66a8-11ef-9004-634a16a92bb2.html
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