MEDIA ADVISORY: SECRETARY OF STATE TO TEST TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE NOV. 8 ELECTION

BATON ROUGE, La. —Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s office will test its electronic election results system ahead of the upcoming Nov. 8 election on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. During the test period, mock results will be displayed on the secretary of state’s website. These election results are only for testing purposes and do not reflect any actual results.

Media outlets are strongly urged to test their election night broadcast systems, graphics and websites in conjunction with our testing so that any technical issues can be identified and remedied with assistance from the Secretary of State’s IT staff prior to election night. In an effort to prevent any confusion, we urge outlets to put banners on their websites showing their readers/viewers that the results are only test results and not official.

CREDENTIALED MEDIA ONLY

In preparation for election night, credentialed media outlets may reserve a limited number of seats at the Secretary of State’s office on election night. If any issues are encountered, to sign up for the XML feed or to reserve a seat please contact Kaylee Trisler in the Communications Office at 225.362.5086 or kaylee.trisler@sos.la.gov.

Finally, the Communications Office for Election Day will be staffed by Deputy Secretary, Communications John W. Tobler, and Public Information Officer Kaylee Trisler. Mr. Tobler can be reached at 225.362.5111 (office) or john.tobler@sos.la.gov. Mrs. Trisler can be reached at the information listed above.

To view or download the official press release, click here.