BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office is alerting residents about a fraudulent text message scam that aims to steal personal information and potentially charge unnecessary fees.

Residents may have received a message claiming to originate from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office. It uses language similar to other scam texts claiming to originate with the Office of Motor Vehicles. The Secretary of State’s Office did not send this text and Secretary of State Nancy Landry encourages anyone who receives the text to delete it. These messages are fraudulent; do not click the links, respond, or send payment.

The Secretary of State’s Office does not send unsolicited text messages or emails threatening prosecution or asking for payment. Residents are encouraged to check the Secretary of State’s website (sos.la.gov) and social media for accurate and up-to-date information.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry announced that the Department of State’s 2026 legislative package for the upcoming Regular Legislative Session continues her focus on strengthening Louisiana’s strong election integrity and security laws.

“Louisiana has made tremendous progress over the past two years in strengthening the security and integrity of our elections,” Secretary Landry said. “Working with the Legislature, these measures will help us continue to protect voters, maintain accurate voter rolls, and ensure confidence in the integrity of Louisiana’s elections.” 

The Department’s bill package includes:

• HB691 by Representative Beau Beaullieu;
• HB547 by Representative Polly Thomas; and
• SB319 by Senator Thomas Pressly.

HB 691 by Rep. Beaullieu helps maintain the integrity of Louisiana’s voter rolls by checking it against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to identify potential noncitizen matches.

HB 547 by Rep. Thomas prevents individuals from photographing, recording, or reproducing voter registration information in precinct registers. This protects voters who have not voted yet from intimidation tactics, as well as helps prevent attempts to vote under another’s name.

SB 319 by Sen. Pressly provides specific ways to positively verify the identity of those individuals who come to vote. This bill also adds additional ways for individuals who might not have their picture ID available to verify their identity so they can vote.

Together, these measures are designed to strengthen election integrity and security while protecting eligible voters.

Louisiana currently ranks 4th in the country in election integrity, according to the Heritage Foundation, moving up from ninth place in the last two years due to reforms by the Secretary of State and legislators. Arkansas and Tennessee are tied for first, followed by Alabama in third.

The rankings evaluate states across 14 categories, including voter ID implementation, accuracy of voter registration lists, absentee ballot management, vote counting practices, and verification of citizenship.

Secretary Landry will be available for 10 minute interviews by credentialed media via phone, virtually, or in-person at the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday, March 15 from 3-4:30 p.m. Interested media outlets can contact Trey Williams at [email protected] or 225-922-0820 to schedule a time to speak with Secretary Landry.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Qualifying for the May 16 Party Primary and Municipal Primary Election will be held beginning tomorrow, Feb. 11 through Friday, Feb. 13.

All closed party primary candidates for the following state and federal offices will qualify at the Louisiana State Archives located at 3851 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.:

• United States Senate
• United States Representative, Districts 1 – 6
• Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Districts 1, 3, and 4
• Public Service Commission, Districts 1 and 5
• Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, District 1

Per Act 1 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session, the Louisiana Legislature voted to change to a closed party primary system for the following offices: U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana Supreme Court, Public Service Commission (PSC), and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).

Local and municipal candidates must qualify with the clerk of court in the parish in which they are registered to vote. Candidates are encouraged to check with their local clerk of court for specific parish hours.

For more information on qualifying, visit the Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.la.gov or call the Elections Hotline at 800-883-2805.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — “An article in the Louisiana Illuminator, an online media outlet, regarding congressional maps published last week, and later shared by other news sources, advances a false narrative based on irresponsible and misleading legal speculation,” stated Trey Williams, Deputy Secretary of State for Communications and Policy. “The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office was not contacted prior to its publication. The media made legal conclusions and attributed a timeline to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Court itself has not yet made. The Secretary of State will abide by the law and the orders of the Court.”

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