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
Click the letters below to read voting rights coalition and LWVLA submissions on SUPPORT for the Louisiana Voting Rights Act, OPPOSITION to codification of the Louisiana SAVE Act, and LWVLA’s position on Redistricting.
2025 Legislative Advocacy
Click the letters below to read LWVLA and voting rights coalition submissions OPPOSING candidate electioneering signage and restriction codes for immigrant drivers and SUPPORTING reduced campaign-free zones for nonpartisan workers, and support for codifying transparent and routine communications about changes to the Election Code.
2024 Legislative Advocacy
Click the letters below to read LWVLA and coalition submissions OPPOSING state flouting of federal elections laws, additional annual canvasses that can lead to voter purges, restrictions on voter registration drives, and restrictions on assistance with absentee ballots and SUPPORTING the presence nonpartisan monitors at polling places, the prohibition of AI “deep fakes” in campaigning, the provision of information about reasons for polling place changes, allowing early voting to occur on Sundays, and expanding the early voting period.
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.
