Dossier
Act 5
Coverage of Act 5 in the Nexus archive.
- Louisiana adopts stricter voter ID rules that suffrage advocates call unneeded
Louisiana has enacted stricter voter ID laws requiring photo identification and submission of voter data to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The laws remove provisional ballots, mandate verification at parish registrars, and check voter information against a federal database. Advocates argue the changes disproportionately affect certain residents.