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In 2016, Lieutenant Governor Nungesser said that he believes voter fraud by the Democratic Party is still a serious hurdle for Republicans in Louisiana because registered and unregistered voters are bussed to polling cites and merely sign a sheet of paper to have their votes count. His remarks drew a quick rebuke from Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who called the comments "at a minimum uninformed. [He] quite possibly [made] an insult to not only my office, but also our hard-working clerks of court and registrars of voters who are our trusted partners for every election." Nungesser said that his comments referred to a local election in Plaquemines Parish in 2005, not Schedler's operation in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_d424cb84-4863-11e6-b16a-a7d7592a06ff.html|title=Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser draws ire of Secretary of State Tom Schedler with statements about voting laws|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 12, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2018|author=Elizabeth Crisp}}</ref>
In 2016, Lieutenant Governor Nungesser said that he believes voter fraud by the Democratic Party is still a serious hurdle for Republicans in Louisiana because registered and unregistered voters are bussed to polling cites and merely sign a sheet of paper to have their votes count. His remarks drew a quick rebuke from Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]], who called the comments "at a minimum uninformed. [He] quite possibly [made] an insult to not only my office, but also our hard-working clerks of court and registrars of voters who are our trusted partners for every election." Nungesser said that his comments referred to a local election in Plaquemines Parish in 2005, not Schedler's operation in Baton Rouge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_d424cb84-4863-11e6-b16a-a7d7592a06ff.html|title=Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser draws ire of Secretary of State Tom Schedler with statements about voting laws|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=July 12, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2018|author=Elizabeth Crisp}}</ref>
Though he has in the past been considered a [[conservative]], Nungesser in May 2018 came to the defense of Democratic Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] regarding a tax increase to close a longstanding budget deficit. Nungesser criticized conservative state Representative Blake John Miguez of New Iberia, who questioned the comments of the lieutenant governor. [[Radio]] talk show shot [[Moon Griffon]] criticized Nungesser for coming to Edwards' defense and questioned whether Nungesser is now a [[Moderate Republican]], instead of a conservative. Griffon said that Nungesser's willingness to "reach across the aisle" is troubling.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]'', May 30, 2018.</ref>
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