VOTE IN LOUISIANA

for 2024 General Election

Tuesday, November 5th

VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

Monday, October 7th (by mail, in person)

Tuesday, October 15th (online)

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO REGISTER TO VOTE?

• VOTER REGISTRATION: ONLINE

  All voters wishing to vote in 2024 General Election must be registered to vote by Tuesday, October 15th. Click here to register to vote online.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: BY MAIL

  All voters wishing to vote in 2024 General Election must be registered to vote by Monday, October 7th. You can download and print the voter registration application, and send it to your local election officials.

• VOTER REGISTRATION: IN PERSON

  All voters wishing to vote in 2024 General Election must be registered to vote by Monday, October 7th by visiting your local election office. You may also register to vote in person at Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles, Department of Children and Family Services, Armed Forces recruitment offices, and other state government agency offices.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO VOTE?

• VOTE IN PERSON

  Polling place hours: 6 am – 8 pm

  Louisiana requires that you provide your photo ID that contains your name and signature. You can see the election website to see what acceptable forms of identification are.

• VOTE EARLY (IN PERSON)

  Early voting is available in Louisiana. Voters who want to vote early for any election may do so in person at their parish registrar of voters office or at designated locations in the parish. See this page to find out where you can vote early.

  Early voting will take place from 8am to 7pm on any day between October 18th – October 29th, 2024, except on Sundays.

• VOTE BY MAIL

  All registered voters in Louisiana must have a reason to be eligible to absentee vote, unless you are a military or overseas voter. They may request an absentee ballot by 4:30 pm on November 1st. You can apply for mail-in ballot by submitting a completed application form to your parish registrar of voters.

  • Your mail-in ballot must be postmarked by whenever as long as it is received no later than 4:30 pm (CST) on November 4th.
  • You can track your mail-in ballot by contacting your local election officials.

  If you need to change any information on your voter registration, you may do so on their website by October 15th.

MORE INFORMATION FOR LOUISIANA VOTERS

• Positions on the Ballot: 2024 General Election

  U.S. PRESIDENT
  A U.S. President serves a term of 4 years. Below are the candidates to be voted in the 2024 Presidential Election. Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk (*).
  ▹ Kamala Harris & Tim Walz (D) vs Donald Trump & J. D. Vance (R)

  U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  A U.S. House member serves a term of 2 years. The state of Louisiana has six congressional districts. Below are the candidates to be voted in the 2024 General Election for select districts. Incumbents are denoted with an asterisk (*).
  ▹ 1st district: Mel Manuel (D) vs. Steve Scalise* (R) vs. Randall Arrington (R) vs. Ross Shales (R) vs. Frankie Hyers (Unaffiliated)
  ▹ 2nd district: Troy Carter* (D) vs. Devin Davis (D) vs. Devin Lance Graham (R) vs. Christy Lynch (R) vs. Shondrell Perrilloux (R)
  ▹ 3rd district: Priscilla Gonzalez (D) vs. Sadi Summerlin (D) vs. Clay Higgins* (R) vs. Xan John (R)
  ▹ 4th district: Mike Johnson* (R) vs. Joshua Morott (R) 
  ▹ 5th district: Michael Vallien Jr. (D) vs. Julia Letlow* (R) vs. M.V. Mendoza (R) 
  ▹ 6th district: Quentin Anderson (D) vs. Cleo Fields (D) vs. Wilken Jones Jr. (D) vs. Peter Williams (D) vs. Elbert Guillory (R)

  PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
  Louisiana is holding an election for one of five seats on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. The commissioner is elected for six years, limited to 3 consecutive terms. 

  STATE SUPREME COURT
  Louisiana is holding an election for one out of seven seats on the State Supreme Court. Each justice serves a term of ten years.  

  INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURT
  All nine seats of the Louisiana intermediate appellate court judges are up for election. They are elected to serve a ten-year term. 

  SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
  Louisiana will have a school board election for the Orleans Parish School Board. 

  MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
  Louisiana will hold municipal elections for the City of Baton Rouge and City of New Orleans. Baton Rouge has a mayoral, metro council, city constable and city court elections. New Orleans will elections for constables and judicial courts. 

  BALLOT MEASURES
  Louisiana has certified five statewide ballot measures for the 2024 General Election. 
  ▹Constitutional Amendment #1: Require federal revenues received by the state from energy production (including wind, solar, tidal, wave, and other alternative or renewable energy sources) to be deposited in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund
  ▹Constitutional Amendment #2: Prohibit the consideration of a conference committee report or senate amendments on an appropriations bill until 48 hours after the bill and a summary of the proposed changes is distributed to all legislators
  ▹Constitutional Amendment #3: Allow the state legislature to extend its regular session by two-day increments, up to a maximum of six days, in order to pass a bill appropriating money
  ▹Constitutional Amendment #4: Increase the membership of the judiciary commission by five members; adds “malfeasance while in office” to the list of specific actions that the supreme court can pursue disciplinary action against a judge; provides that the judiciary commission is responsible for investigating and recommending disciplinary actions
   ▹Constitutional Amendment #5: Provides for the administration of property tax sales

  A complete list of all positions, candidates, and ballot measures can be found on the official statewide list here. Information on all positions and candidates for local elections will be provided by each county’s election office.

• Pre-Registration

  16- or 17-year-old Louisiana residents may re-register to vote, but can only vote when they turn 18 as long as they meet the voter requirements of the state.

• Provisional Ballot

  A provisional ballot is a regular ballot that is placed in a special envelope prior to being put in the ballot box. It is available for the voters whose identification is not verified at a polling place. A provisional ballot may be offered to those who believe they are registered to vote even though their names are not on the official voter registration list at the polling place and those who applied to vote by mail but would like to cast a vote in person.

  Every voter who casts a provisional ballot has the right to find out from their local election official if the ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why it was not counted. Visit this page to check the status of your provisional ballot.

• College Students & Voters Overseas

  Students from Louisiana living away from home while attending a college, trade school, or technical school may choose to vote in absentee ballot.

  If you are a student living temporarily outside the United States, you can register to vote and apply to vote by mail using the Federal Post Card Application (Absentee Ballot) that is used by all other U.S. voters who are living abroad.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN LOUISIANA?

  You must be a United States citizen and at least 17 years old (16 years old if registering in person at the Registrar of Voters Office or at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles), but must be 18 years old to vote. You must be a resident of the state of Louisiana and the parish in which you seek to register. You must 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. You must not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incompetence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rights.

• How often do I need to register to vote?

  You are required to register to vote only once. However, if information like your name or address changes, you need to fill out the voter registration form again to keep your voter information up to date. Check your voter registration information at this link.

• Which party should I be affiliated with?

  KAGC does not endorse any party or candidate; as such KAGC does not guide anyone to vote for, or be affiliated with, any specific party. In most parts of the United States, the Republican Party and Democratic Party are two major political parties. Throughout U.S. history, 19 presidents have been Republican (including Presidents Lincoln, Reagan, Bush, and Trump) and 14 have been Democrats (including Presidents Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Clinton, and Obama) You may find more information on their respective websites. When registering to vote in California, it is not mandatory for a voter to declare party affiliation.

• Am I limited to vote for the party I'm affiliated with?

  In Louisiana, voters may vote for any candidate of their choice for each position on the ballot in both the primary and general elections.

• What is this year's election about?

  On top of the ballot across the U.S. this year will be the candidates for U.S. President. In Louisiana, there are also candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, Louisiana State Supreme Court, appellate courts, as well as several local positions. For more information, please see the section above on this page.

• What is my district? Who is running in my district?

  To find your congressional district, visit the U.S. House of Representatives website and enter your zip code in the search bar on the top right-hand corner of the main page. For information on your Louisiana legislative district, please visit the Louisiana State Legislature website.

• Must I vote for each position on the ballot?

  Voters are not required to vote for every single position listed on the ballot. You may skip any position you do not support any candidate for, and you may also write-in a candidate of your choice not listed on the ballot. In the general election, voters may also vote for any candidate of preference regardless of party affiliations.

• What happens if I move?

  Every time there is a change in your address, whether in-state or out of state, you must update the information by filling out a voter registration form. Government agencies often mail election-related information to your address on file, which sometimes requires a prompt response. When a response is missing for a certain period of time, your voter registration may be considered inactive and is subject to elimination.

• I registered to vote a long time ago. What should I do now?

  Please visit this website to check your voter registration status, as well as the information on your voter registration. If your status is inactive, your information does not appear, or any of your information is inaccurate, please fill out the voter registration form and submit it by the deadline.

• Does voting lead to a mandatory jury duty?

  No. Voter registration and jury duty have no correlation with each other. Jury duty selection is made based on a different database than the voter roll.