Louisiana adopts stricter voter ID rules that suffrage advocates call unneeded

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 590

Last Updated: 1 day, 10 hours ago

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New Louisiana laws will establish stricter voter identification protocols and require election officials send every voter’s personal information to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Act 5 by Sen. Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, removes provisional ballots from voting locations, forcing anyone without a photo ID to go to their parish registrar of voters and provide additional identifying documents in order to cast a ballot.

Previously, voters who didn’t have or forgot to bring a …

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