Tag: louisiana
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Eleven presidential tickets will appear on the ballot in Louisiana this November
Louisiana’s Nov. 5, 2024, general election ballot will feature eleven presidential candidates and their running mates. They are: Jill Stein’s running mate is Butch Ware, but she filed to appear on Louisiana’s ballot before selecting Ware, so she will appear on Louisiana’s ballot with Baraka instead. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. withdrew from the presidential election…
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Three candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2
Nick Laborde (D), Jean-Paul Coussan (R), and Julie Quinn (R) are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 on Nov. 5, 2024. Incumbent Commissioner Craig Greene (R) is not running for re-election. In all 50 states, the public service commission is a multi-member board responsible for regulating utilities. Louisiana is one of 10 states where commissioners are elected rather than appointed.…
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Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024
Five candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Louisiana's 6th Congressional District on Nov. 5, 2024. Quentin Anderson (D), Cleo Fields(D), and Elbert Guillory (R) lead in endorsements and media attention. Incumbent Rep. Garret Graves (R), who was first elected in 2014, is not running for re-election. The election will take place under a…
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Twenty-four candidates are running for Louisiana’s six U.S. House districts this year—the second-fewest in the last 10 years
This year's filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Louisiana was July 19, 2024. This is the first election to take place after Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Jan. 22, 2024. On May 15, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked an April 30 ruling by the U.S.…
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Two states with Republican trifectas adopted new requirements for voter registration drives
Tennessee and Louisiana joined a group of six other states with Republican trifectas that have adopted laws related to voter registration drives or third-party assistance for voter registration applications since 2020. In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed HB 1955 / SB 2586 on May 1, prohibiting the pre-filling of information on a voter registration…
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New rules for ballot return in three states with Republican trifectas among changes to absentee/mail-in voting
Three states with Republican trifectas added new definitions of who may return another voter's ballot in 2024. Idaho adopted H 599, which stipulates that only election officials, postal workers, common carrier employees, a person paid by the voter, a relative of the voter, a member of their household, or a caregiver may collect or deliver another…
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Louisiana Governor signs unemployment insurance indexing bill
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) signed House Bill 119 on Jun. 17, which will index the length of unemployment insurance benefits to the state's unemployment rate. The new law reduces the maximum number of benefit weeks to 12 when the unemployment rate is at or below 5%. The bill also proposes capping the maximum benefit…
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Update on 2024 state ballot measure certifications: Eight new measures in the past two weeks
For 2024, 118 statewide ballot measures have been certified for the ballot in 35 states, six more measures than the average (112) for this point in the election cycle from 2012 to 2022. The average number of statewide ballot measures certified for an even-numbered year during this period was 157. Here's an update on the…
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Louisiana voters will decide on one constitutional amendment in November and four in December
The Louisiana State Legislature adjourned its 2024 legislative session on June 3. During the session, the state legislature referred one constitutional amendment to the Nov. 5 ballot and four amendments to the Dec. 7 ballot. A total of 42 proposed changes were considered by lawmakers this session. November 5: In November, voters will decide on…
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Louisiana is fifth state to ban RCV in 2024, tenth overall
On May 28, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landy (R) signed SB 101 into law banning ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the state. Louisiana is the fifth state to ban RCV in 2024 and 10th to do so overall. All 10 states to ban RCV have done so with a Republican controlled legislature. The new law states: “A…