Vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends election laws due to the declared disaster emergency.

Highlights:

• Requires, after the issuance of an executive order by the governor declaring a state of emergency or disaster and if the secretary of state determines that such emergency or disaster impairs an election that may otherwise be held except for technical, mechanical, or logistical problems with respect to the relocation or consolidation of polling places within the parish, potential shortages of commissioners and absentee commissioner, shortages of voting machines, or other impairments that affect participation in or the integrity of the electoral process, the secretary of state to certify such facts and the reasons therefor to the governor, the House, and Senate (Sec. 1).

• Requires, if the governor and a majority of the members of the state legislative committees concur that such an emergency plan is necessary, the secretary of state to develop an emergency plan in writing that proposes a resolution to technical, mechanical, or logistical problems impairing the holding of the election with respect to the relocation or consolidation of polling places within the parish, potential shortages of commissioners and absentee commissioners, shortages of voting machines, or other impairments that affect participation in or the integrity of the electrical process (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the secretary of state to present alternative written emergency plans at the same time (Sec. 1).

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