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BATON ROUGE, La. -听The Louisiana Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs and House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs met today to approve an emergency plan regarding upcoming elections in the state. The following statement is by Terry C. Landry, Jr., Louisiana Policy Director for the 澳彩开奖 Action Fund:

鈥淭oday鈥檚 committee-approved plan addressing upcoming election isn鈥檛 a plan to protect Louisianans鈥� health and right to vote. It鈥檚 an abdication of the responsibility entrusted in them as public officials and needlessly risks voters鈥� health. We agree that we urgently need a plan in place for our elections, but the plan approved today doesn鈥檛 do enough to shift Louisiana elections鈥� current trajectory from becoming a future Wisconsin-like debacle.
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鈥淚n the current public health crisis, Louisianans must have options if they are unable or unwilling to vote in person. After Wisconsin鈥檚 elections earlier this month, , Louisiana legislators of both parties should be committed to removing restrictions and expanding absentee balloting to all who want it. The Secretary of State鈥檚 first plan wasn鈥檛 perfect, but it had adequate safeguards to ensure that most Louisiana voters could cast a ballot safely this summer. Instead of building on that plan, senators forced the Secretary to develop a new plan around their unfounded fears that the same voters who elect them and pay their salary would seek to undermine upcoming elections. It鈥檚 a plan that endangers people in order to bolster false political rhetoric.鈥�

To view 澳彩开奖 Action Fund's full written testimony submitted to the committee today, go to: /sites/default/files/04_21_20_updatedlacovidtestimony.pdf听
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To view 澳彩开奖 Action Fund's statement on the emergency plan process last week, go to: /presscenter/splc-action-fund-louisiana-senate-committee-action-hurtling-state-wisconsin-election听