On June 15, the Louisiana Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee passed HB 533. This is the Secretary of State’s omnibus election law bill. Among other things, it lets independent candidates choose the label “independent” on the ballot. Current law puts “no party” on the ballot for independent candidates, except that current law already lets presidential independent candidates choose any label they wish, including “independent.”

The bill also removes the names of presidential elector candidates from the ballot. If the bill passes, the only states that will continue to show the names of presidential elector candidates on the ballot will be Arizona, Oklahoma, Idaho, North Dakota, and South Dakota.