This week is voter registration week in Louisiana

23rd September 2024   ·   0 Comments

By Wesley Muller
Contributing Writer

(lailluminator.com) — Monday, September 23, began Voter Registration Week in Louisiana ahead of the Nov. 5 nationwide election.

The deadline to register in person or by mail is Oct. 7, and the deadline to register online via the GeauxVote online registration system is Oct. 15, according to a news release from Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry.

“The first step to participating in the electoral process is registering to vote,” Landry said. “It’s never been easier to register or update your registration information in Louisiana. Any citizen with a Louisiana license or ID can register online in a matter of minutes at GeauxVote.com.”

To register and vote in Louisiana, individuals must:

• Be a U.S. citizen

• Be at least 17 to register (16 if registering in person at the Registrar of Voters Office or at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles) and 18 prior to the next election to vote

• Not be under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony or, if under such an order, not have been incarcerated pursuant to the order within the last five years, and not be under an order of imprisonment related to a felony conviction for election fraud or any other election offense pursuant to La. R.S. 18:1461.2

• Not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incompetence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rights

• Be a resident in the state and parish in which they seek to register and vote

• Apply at least 20 days prior to an election if registering online or 30 days prior to an election if registering in person or by mail

Citizens with a valid Louisiana driver’s license or Louisiana Special ID card can register online 24 hours a day, seven days a week by visiting the state’s online voter portal.

Other ways to register include in person at a parish registrar of voters’ office, when applying for or renewing a driver’s license at any state Office of Motor Vehicles location, or when obtaining services at public assistance agencies and military recruitment offices.

For more information about elections and voting, contact the Secretary of State’s Elections Division at (800) 883-2805 or elections@sos.la.gov.

This article originally published in the September 23, 2024 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.