Secretary of State Tom Schedler plans to switch to iPad voting over the next few elections. Emelie Gunn has more…
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2015 was an exciting year in Louisiana politics. Michelle Southern has more on the highlights of the past year….
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Louisiana’s future first lady, Donna Edwards, says she plans to stress the importance of keeping art and music in public schools. Eric Gill has more…
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Secretary of State Tom Schedler plans on having voters cast their ballots on iPads for the next governor’s election. He says over the next three to four years, voting machines need to be replaced and while iPads are expensive, it’s a cheaper alternative than getting all new machines.
Schedler says by changing to iPads, they’ll be able to open more precincts, including on college campuses so students don’t have to travel home or mail in a ballot to vote. He says voters can download the Geaux Vote app on their smart phones to fill out ballots beforehand and the iPads can read those votes.
Schedler says many people are concerned that when voting on an iPad their votes are being stored in a cloud, but votes are not saved. He says they plan to gradually incorporate the new voting system over the next few elections.
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2015 will go down as an extremely memorable year in the history of Louisiana politics. Governor Bobby Jindal’s tenure ended, US Senator David Vitter’s political career ended and Governor-elect John Bel Edwards shocked pundits throughout the state with his victory. U-L Lafayette Political Science Professor Pearson Cross says no one predicted a democrat would become governor.
Cross says this year’s legislative session was controversial with the budget issues and proposed cuts to higher education. He says also, it’s not very common to have an absent governor, who was off to Iowa campaigning for President of the United States.
Cross says Senator Vitter’s decision not to return to the US Senate was almost as surprising as Edwards’ victory over him in the governor’s election. He says Vitter’s loss has created an enormous vacuum in the race for his senate seat.
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Governor-elect John Bel Edwards’ wife Donna Edwards says she plans to stress the importance of teaching art and music in public schools as the state’s first lady. Emily Wright, a Music Teacher at Slidell Junior High, says she was really excited to hear this because many people see music as an extra course when in reality, children really need to take these classes.
Wright says keeping art and music courses in public schools is important because there is a direct correlation with other subjects. She says music is interesting and gives students a way to express themselves.
The future first lady of Louisiana is a former public school music teacher. Wright says students who take dance, art or music classes are more likely to stay in school.
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8-3 LSU and 7-5 Texas Tech face off at 8pm tonight in the Texas Bowl in NRG Stadium in Houston. The contest wil be televised by ESPN and kickoff at 8pm. Tiger Rag Assistant Editor James Moran says this game is highlited by a massive contrasting styles…:
Moran says you can expect this to be a high scoring game with lots of offense…:
Moran says neither LSU or Texas Tech’s defense is all that great. He says if The Tigers can stick to the running game they should be able to come away with the win…:
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