ELECTION CODE: Provides relative to early voting

HB 696 is a procedural bill that gives Louisiana's secretary of state authority to establish rules for implementing early voting procedures. It does not change voting access or hours but authorizes the secretary to create specific policies for how early voting is administered, including duties for voter registration officials. This affects election administrators and the state's election infrastructure, not voters directly. The bill focuses solely on setting implementation guidelines, with no substantive changes to early voting eligibility or operations. (Procedural bill; summary limited to key mechanism.)