La. R.S. § 18:1311 List of Absentee By Mail and Early Voters; Posting; Delivery of Alphabetized List to Precincts; Supplements; Absentee By Mail Voter Report

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 18:1311

A.

(1) The registrar shall keep a list containing the names of all persons who vote by early voting ballot during early voting and of those whose absentee ballots by mail he has received. He shall ensure that the list is available for inspection by members of the public at the principal office of the registrar when the office is open. After the last day for early voting, the registrar shall prepare a list, arranged alphabetically by precinct, of the names of all persons who have voted during early voting or from whom absentee ballots by mail were received on or before the last day for early voting. The registrar shall ensure that the list is available for inspection by members of the public at the principal office of the registrar when the office is open and retain a copy of the list for use by the parish board of election supervisors on election night.

(2) The registrar shall prepare a supplemental list, arranged alphabetically by precinct, of the names of all persons from whom absentee ballots by mail have been received after the last day for early voting and before election day. The registrar shall deliver the supplemental list for each precinct to the parish custodian. The parish custodian shall then deliver the supplemental list for each precinct to the deputy parish custodian appointed for that precinct when the key envelopes are delivered as provided in R.S. 18:553(A). The registrar shall ensure that the list is available for inspection by members of the public at the principal office of the registrar when the office is open and retain a copy of the supplemental list for use by the parish board of election supervisors on election night.

(3)

(a) The lists produced pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection shall be posted on the website of the secretary of state at least until the election returns have been promulgated.

(b) The registrar shall post notice at the entrance to his office informing the public of the availability of the lists produced pursuant to Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection.

B. The registrar shall include the first absentee ballot received from a person voting by mail, if timely received, with those to be counted by the board. Any second or subsequent ballot received from such person shall be considered not timely received.

C. The registrar shall print an absentee by mail voter report from the state voter registration computer system listing all voters from whom he has received absentee by mail ballots before election day; he shall certify to the correctness of the report and deliver the report to the parish board of election supervisors on election day for use in the tabulation and counting of absentee by mail ballots.