BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Secretary of State’s Office is looking to replace decades-old voting machines. In the 20 years Diane Foster has been an election commissioner, she’s dealt with the same ...

For more than three decades, Louisianans have pushed buttons on the same voting machines when casting ballots for everything from local school board members to president of the United States. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman at voting machine Ascension Parish Clerk of Court Bridget Hanna tries out a new voting system brought to a public ...

Louisiana officials are moving toward replacing the state’s aging voting machines with a new $100 million system.

Although the existing voting machines work very well, the machines are very old and need to be replaced. The new system will be selected based on many requirements, including the requirement for a ...

Machines that tabulate votes are faster and more accurate ballot-counters than humans, according to studies and past election experience. Eliminating vote-counting machines and relying solely on ...

Secretary of State Nancy Landry said this week that $25 million more is needed to cover the $100 million cost of replacing Louisiana’s 35-year-old ballot machines ...