Election Day 2016 peculiarities and irregularities in the New Orleans area
Our staff is collecting and catching up with any unusual reports today from the polls.
Category
Government & Politics
Many New Orleans voters are still driving farther to vote than before Katrina
Many polling places were flooded by the storm, so elections officials consolidated them. Ten years later, many of us are still driving farther to vote than we did before the storm. The average distance to a voting location in the core of the city has increased 50 percent since 2004.
“The nutria did it!” and four other reasons lawmakers are letting Big Oil off the hook
Committee members attack the governor, rather than the problem.
Former coworker says there were plenty of reasons to fire city’s parking director
Zepporiah Edmonds claims she was forced out because she blew the whistle on corruption.
Voting has started, and Electionland is on the case
The Lens is taking part in a nationwide collaboration to watch for voting problems. See what we're looking for and how you can help.
Political thunder from Turkey rumbles all the way to New Orleans
Member of local Turkish community pulls wife's parents out of harm's way.
At last, the city passes The Lens’ school zone light test
We recently did our fourth survey of every school zone light in the city. They're supposed to flash every morning and afternoon that school is in session. Many more lights are working now than before -- almost 80 percent. When we checked before, it was 40 to 50 percent.
Groups say concrete neutral ground on O.C. Haley is bad water management
The city replaced a narrow grass strip with a wide concrete walkway.
Something in common? Trump, Jackson Square, and ‘The Walking Dead’
Giving the finger to social and political elites.
City of New Orleans appeals ruling that it broke the Public Records Law
Civil District Judge Kern Reese has ruled for The Lens twice; the city has appealed both decisions.
