La. R.S. § 18:1314 Parish Board Commissioners

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 18:1314

A. Qualifications. A parish board commissioner shall be a registered voter of the parish in which he is selected to serve and shall have the other qualifications of a commissioner as otherwise provided by law.

B. Selection for primary election.

(1) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine the number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the parish pursuant to R.S. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable. The parish board of election supervisors shall select a maximum of six such commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than six, the parish board shall make a request to the secretary of state for the additional parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his designee determines that there is a need for the additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall select the parish board commissioners.

(2) The parish board of election supervisors shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a primary election and shall select the parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the parish in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners. If there are not enough certified commissioners to select the appropriate number of parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners, the board of election supervisors may select a qualified elector of the parish to serve; however, no such elector shall serve as a parish board commissioner if a certified commissioner has been selected as an alternate parish board commissioner.

(3) Parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners shall be issued commissions, take the oath of office, be replaced, and be disqualified, all in the manner provided by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners.

C. Selection for general election.

(1)

(a) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine if the number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the general election pursuant to R.S. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable, can be reduced or should be increased from the number which counted absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the primary election.

(b) If it determines that the number cannot be reduced or should be increased, those persons who served as parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the parish in the primary election shall serve in the general election, unless replaced or disqualified in the manner provided by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than the number of such commissioners who served in the primary election, the parish board shall make a request to the secretary of state for the parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his designee determines that there is a need for the additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall select the additional parish board commissioners.