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Stephen Waguespack: Louisiana needs the protection offered by Amendment No. 1

Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler, a well-known and trusted voice, said this week that he expects turnout to be around 15 percent for Saturday’s election. He is basing that prediction on historical averages and the fact that the turnout for early voting in this race was just 3 percent of eligible voters. Three measly percent. If his prediction holds true for Saturday’s turnout, it would mean that 85 percent of the roughly 3 million registered voters in Louisiana will simply not vote at all. Another way of looking at it is that over 2.5 million may just decide to skip ...

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