This year’s I Voted Stickers have been unveiled and they feature a crawfish in a suit and top hat named Mark D’Ballot. Mel Bridges has more.
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Louisiana was spared the brunt of Beryl, but the Bayou State will experience rain, and the western half of the state is under a tornado watch until 10 PM. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Louisiana’s 2024 I Voted Stickers have been unveiled, featuring a crawfish sporting a suit and top hat named Mark D’Ballot. This year’s sticker was designed by Shreveport artist William Joyce, who says the sticker is an important and fun project to be part of.
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Joyce says he wanted to create a sticker that appeals to the satisfaction people feel when they vote, regardless of politics. He even went back and made the crawfish look happier in the final design to ensure people are enticed to vote and feel proud once they do.
Cut 4 (08) “…and I want to, too.”
Joyce has created and worked on several children’s books, TV shows and movies, including multiple Academy Award winners. Despite his impressive resume, he thinks the I Voted stickers are the most important thing he’s ever worked on because the impact is immediate and far-reaching.
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The stickers will be handed out to people who vote in the fall election.
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Beryl made landfall early this morning as a category 1 hurricane along the Texas coast and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm. While Louisiana was spared the brunt of the storm LSU Climatologist Barry Keim says the Bayou State will have precipitation today as Beryl moves north-northeast.
The western half of the state is under a tornado watch until 10 pm.
Keim says a few days ago Beryl’s project path was northeastern Mexico, but the track began to take a turn to the east.
Storm surge values are predicted to be less than three feet along Louisiana’s southwestern coast. Keim says that will cause some issues because a three-foot surge is not insignificant.
More than two million businesses and homes in Texas are without power.
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President Joe Biden has announced he has no plans to step aside as the Democratic presidential nominee after a lackluster debate performance that did little to dispel rumors about alleged cognitive decline. LSU Political Science Professor Robert Hogan says despite this, some Democrats are hesitant to rally behind Biden.
Some Democratic lawmakers have called on Biden to drop out of the presidential race, though they didn’t offer up any nominees. Despite Biden saying he won’t step aside, Hogan thinks it would be beneficial for the Democrats to explore the possibility of having someone else run.
Biden says his poor debate showing was due to nerves and difficulty combatting former President Trump’s false claims, not a sign of any mental issues. However, Hogan thinks Biden should still submit to a neurological exam to assure voters and world leaders…
Democrats will announce a formal presidential nominee at their National Convention in August.