Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry’s office hosted a public demonstration Tuesday of a Texas company’s voting systems technology as part of the state’s long-troubled efforts to replace its decades-old machines that have fallen into disrepair.
Parish clerks, registrars of voters and members of the public gathered at the Old Governor’s Mansion to inspect and try out a version of the technology Louisiana voters could start using as soon as next year’s congressional midterm elections. Landry’s office used the mansion’s spacious ballroom to host the first of six public demonstrations from companies hoping to qualify to compete for Louisiana voting machine business.
The demonstrations are required as part of the state’s process to certify prospective voting systems.
Vendors must have their voting machines certified by the secretary of state before they can compete for a long-overdue state contract to replace Louisiana’s 35-year-old machines, many of which have broken down and cannot be repaired because replacement parts are no longer made.
Companies that will hold their public demonstrations over the next few weeks are: Clear Ballot on Sept. 9; Election Systems & Software, Sept. 11; Democracy Live, Sept. 15, Dominion Voting Systems, Sept. 16; and VotingWorks, Sept. 18. All demonstrations will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at the Old Governor’s Mansion.
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