Voting absentee by mail is available for a variety of reasons in Louisiana. When you choose to vote by mail, completing the ballot requires a witness to sign the ballot before mailing it in. This proposed legislation would update the regulations so that a person may only provide a witness signature on ONE absentee vote by mail certificate. 

This means that friends, organizations, congregations, and other groups that support vote by mail would have to be very careful not to witness multiple ballots. Violations of this proposed legislation would be punishable by fines and up to imprisonment. 

We should be making it easier for people to access the vote in Louisiana, not creating more hurdles. 

This proposed legislation would make it illegal for anyone registered as a sex offender or child predator to serve as an election commissioner. Louisiana does not have enough election commissioners at the moment and it is a job that does not require interaction with children. Creating new barriers to filling these roles when there is already a shortage of election workers sets a dangerous precedent.