Voters Registration Week In Louisiana

Red River Radio | By Chuck Smith

Published August 21, 2017 at 10:59 AM EDT

VOTER SUPPRESSION OR DEPRESSION? La. Secretary of State Tom Schedler explained low voter turn-out is caused more by voter turn-off than voter suppression to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club recently.

VOTER REGISTRATION WEEK IN LA: It’s “Voter Registration Week” in Louisiana, and Secretary of State Tom Schedler is encouraging citizens who are eligible to vote to register. Speaking at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club recently, Schedler explained that it’s easier than ever to get registered online. While getting people to register to vote is important, Schedler explains that getting people to vote is equally important. Schedler took issue with recent reports of voter supression, challenging anyone to bring to his attention any claim of someone's right to register to vote or cast a ballot has been "suppressed". Instead he felt that low voter turnout comes from "depression rather than supression", citing partisan media outlets as discouraging would-be voters who turn off and tune out. Schedler stressed that all registered voters have a civic responsibility to vote. To register online go to: http://sos.la.dot.gov

Credit Courtesy: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge

Courtesy: Rotary Club of Baton Rouge

Credit Courtesy: sos.la.gov

Courtesy: sos.la.gov

VOTER REGISTRATION WEEK IN LA: It’s “Voter Registration Week” in Louisiana, and Secretary of State Tom Schedler is encouraging citizens who are eligible to vote to register. Speaking at the Baton Rouge Rotary Club recently, Schedler explained that it’s easier than ever to get registered online.