“Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s proposed Nov. 3 election plan rolls back most of the COVID-related exceptions that expanded absentee mail-in voting options for the July 11 and Aug. 15 elections” reports the Daily Advertiser.
“Ardoin’s new plan will only allow a COVID-19 exemption for someone who tests positive for the infection during and after early voting but before election day. That will fall under the existing ‘hospitalization’ excuse for an absentee ballot. In the previous plan voters were able to get a COVID-19 absentee ballot if they were in self quarantine, had symptoms, were under an isolation order, were under higher risk with underlying conditions or were caretakers for others.”