Voting Information

Election dates and deadlines, and information on how, when and where to Vote Early or to vote from out-of-town are summarized below, but the only official election website is www.sos.louisiana.gov  Please check there for latest changes.

86,000 Louisiana Voters Purged from Rolls

Voter Registration Application http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/MISC/form_0110_ver-011106.pdf

Instructions http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elect-appli.htm

For assistance call the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters 504-658-8300

Or the Department of State 1-800-883-2805 or (225) 922-0900.

Find your polling location http://sos.louisiana.gov/polllocator/  (check for updates)

Primary October 20, 2007

Voting at polls from 6am until 8pm

September 19, 2007 Last day to register to vote in Primary

October 6-13, 2007 Early Voting for Primary (no Sunday voting)

            All voters may Vote Early in person at

            Registrar of Voters, City Hall, 1300 Perdido, Room 1W23

            (bring drivers license or other accepted photo I.D.)

            504-658-8300 8:30am to 4:30pm  

Out-of-Town? Automatic mailing to displaced voters has ended.

                        Absentee Ballot request form

http://sos.louisiana.gov/elections/MISC/request_absentee_ballot_DISPLACED.pdf

Aug.21, 2007 to Oct.16, 2007 Time Period to Request an Absentee Ballot

October 19, 2007 Deadline to Receive a Mailed Absentee Ballot (except military)

Runoff November 17, 2007

Voting at polls from 6am until 8pm

October 17, 2007 Last day to register to vote in Runoff

November 3-10, 2007 Early Voting for Runoff (no Sunday voting)

            All voters may Vote Early in person at

            Registrar of Voters, City Hall, 1300 Perdido, Room 1W23,

            (bring drivers license or other accepted photo I.D.)

            504-658-8300 8:30am to 4:30pm  

Out-of-Town? Automatic mailing to displaced voters has ended.

                        Absentee Ballot request form

http://sos.louisiana.gov/elections/MISC/request_absentee_ballot_DISPLACED.pdf

Sept.18, 2007 to Nov.13, 2007 Time Period to Request an Absentee Ballot

Nov.16, 2007 Deadline to Receive a Mailed in Absentee Ballot (except military)

 86,000 Voters Purged Recently from Louisiana Rolls

Since the last special election almost 800 residents have permanently moved away from HD-94.

Louisiana’s Secretary of State Jay Dardenne recently cleared more than 86,000 voters from the state’s voter rolls.  The process to remove inactive voters appears to have flaws, based on a recent investigation.  Prompted by a complaint from a voter in Rapides Parish who received a letter that he had been purged from the rolls due to “his current registration in Florida,” a representative from the Louisiana Democratic Party contacted the Florida Secretary of State’s office. The voter said that he had never lived or registered in Florida, but the Florida rolls revealed a voter with the same date of birth, and first and last names.  However, other identifying factors differed, including middle names, party affiliation, social security, etc.  Why did Dardenne’s system kick out this voter as inactive when he was registered and consistently voted in Rapides Parish for the past five years? 

 Dardenne’s research appears to have serious flaws, and other qualified voters may be among those 86,000+ recently removed from the roll.  Louisiana voters are encouraged to protect their right to vote.  When in doubt, submit an updated voter registration application to the Parish Registrar of Voters.