Monthly Archives: August 2014

BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Democratic Party released the following statement from Chair Karen Carter Peterson on the 49th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law: “For far too long, the promise of America’s great experiment in democracy was a promise unfulfilled for [...]

BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana Democratic Party Chair Karen Carter Peterson today encouraged Louisianians who are living overseas, as well as service members and their families who are stationed overseas, to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming Nov. 4 election and request an absentee ballot at www.VoteFromAbroad.org. “There are [...]