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Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry ‘s office hosted a public demonstration Tuesday of a Texas company’s voting systems technology as part of the state’s long-troubled efforts to replace its decades-old machines that have fallen into disrepair.

Parish clerks, registrars of voters and members of the public gathered at the Old Governor’s Mansion to inspect and try out a version of the technology Louisiana voters could start using as soon as next year’s congressional midterm elections. Landry’s office used the mansion’s spacio

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