BATON ROUGE, LA – Governor Jeff Landry announced Wednesday that Louisiana’s entire DMV workforce would be reassigned to a newly created “Recall Verification Division” tasked with handling any signatures collected in the growing effort to recall him from office.
According to the administration, the move is intended to “ensure accuracy, transparency, and the maximum possible amount of waiting.”
State officials estimate the verification process could be completed by early 2031, assuming there are no technical network outages, 3 hour breaks, staffing shortages, printer malfunctions, or periods where employees simply place a handwritten “System Down” sign in the window and disappear for two hours.
Under the new guidelines, every signature must be verified in person at a DMV office by appointment only. Residents will reportedly need two forms of identification, proof of residency, and the same utility bill three separate times because the first employee forgot to make a copy.
“People deserve confidence in the process,” Landry said during a press conference. “And nobody inspires confidence in government efficiency quite like the Louisiana DMV.”
The administration also confirmed that only one recall verification window will remain open statewide “to avoid confusion.”
