A test run of election results posted on the Secretary of State’s website left candidates and voters across the state in shock and disbelief on Tuesday.
According to Secretary of State, Nancy Landry, the test, designed to check the state’s election reporting system’s readiness for the upcoming March 23 Presidential Preference Primary and Municipal Primary Election, used fictitious vote totals but real candidate names, leading to widespread misunderstandings about the early voting outcomes.
The test results, which, in some cases, closely mirrored actual early voting numbers, were intended to be purely illustrative. However, the real…
