Vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires those who register to vote and don't have identification to be photographed by election officials.

Highlights:

• Establishes that no state or local official, including a registrar of voters or a clerk of court, or agency responsible for conducting elections is to solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property, or personal services from individuals or profit or nonprofit corporations, to pay costs related to conducting elections (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions mentioned above do not apply to the solicitation, acceptance, use, or disposal of campaign contributions or in-kind contributions by any candidate for public office for meeting expenses related to seeking that office, as well as to the donation of private property for use as a polling place or to the donation or use of equipment for the restoration and maintenance of utilities to a precinct or polling place in the event of an outage (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that this act is to become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor (Sec. 2)

• Specifies that if the act is vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this act is to become effective on the day following such approval (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires those who register to vote and don't have identification to be photographed by election officials.

Highlights:

• Establishes that no state or local official, including a registrar of voters or a clerk of court, or agency responsible for conducting elections is to solicit, accept, use, or dispose of any donation in the form of money, grants, property, or personal services from individuals or profit or nonprofit corporations, to pay costs related to conducting elections (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions mentioned above do not apply to the solicitation, acceptance, use, or disposal of campaign contributions or in-kind contributions by any candidate for public office for meeting expenses related to seeking that office, as well as to the donation of private property for use as a polling place or to the donation or use of equipment for the restoration and maintenance of utilities to a precinct or polling place in the event of an outage (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that this act is to become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature by the governor (Sec. 2)

• Specifies that if the act is vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this act is to become effective on the day following such approval (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text