Ahead of the upcoming Saturday, Aug. 15, election, Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin’s office tested its electronic election results system on Monday, Aug. 11 at 2 p.m. During the test period, mock results were 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 combat misinformation, we urge outlets to put banners on their websites showing their readers/viewers that the results are only test results and not official.