Voting Rights Committee
M. Christian Green (Chair)
The function of the LWVLA Voting Rights Committee is to lead and support LWVLA lobbying and educational efforts related to protecting and expanding access to the right to vote. Activities of the VRC chair include, but are not limited to: (1) working on projects at the national level with LWVUS and any partner organizations LWVUS may designate for the purpose through a range of methods up to and including litigation, (2) working with state voting rights coalition partners on poll monitoring, legislative interventions, and other matters, (3) monitoring legislation on voting rights and elections, coordinating email, in-person, and other submissions to legislative committees as needed, (4) coordinating special inquiries into voting rights related issues, such as voter purges and polling place closures, and (5) working with the Voter Services Committee chair to educate voters on how to maintain their voter registration and access to the polls. LWVLA also has seats on two Louisiana Legislative bodies related to voting rights: the House Study on Election Frequency (sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry) and the Task Force on Ensuring Voter Participation in the Political Process (sponsored by Sen. Royce Duplessis)
2026 Legislative Advocacy
2025 Legislative Advocacy
2024 Legislative Advocacy
LWVLA Legislative Advocacy: Pro-Voting Rights Legislation at the Louisiana Legislature in 2024
Bad voter suppression bills may grab the headlines, but there are also some good bills on voting at elections at the legislature this session. LWV of Louisiana, with voting rights organizations around the state, was proud to support the following bills: HB332, HB405, HB424 in 2024.
HB332 (Rep. Ed Larvadain) would reduce Louisiana’s outsized no electioneering boundaries near polling places to allow space for nonpartisan groups providing voter assistance and election monitoring. HB 405 (Rep. Matthew Willard) would require the secretary of state to prepare and publish certain information concerning changes in election law, including in an easy-to-understand digest form. HB424 (Rep. Sylvia Taylor) would provide for more early voting locations.
