Louisiana § 18:102 Ineligible persons

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§ 18:102 — Ineligible persons

Louisiana § 18:102

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La. Stat. Ann. § 18:102 (2026).

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§102. Ineligible persons A. No person shall be permitted to register or vote who is:

(1)(a) Under an order of imprisonment, as defined in R.S. 18:2, for conviction of a felony, except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.

(b)Except as provided in Subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph, a person who is under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony and who has not been incarcerated pursuant to the order within the last five years shall not be ineligible to register or vote based on the order.

(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be permitted to register or vote pursuant to this Section if he is convicted of a felony offense of election fraud or any other election offense pursuant to R.S. 18:1461.2 and he is under an order of imprisonment.

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§102. Ineligible persons
A. No person shall be permitted to register or vote who is:
(1)(a) Under an order of imprisonment, as defined in R.S. 18:2, for conviction of a
felony, except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph.
(b) Except as provided in Subparagraph (c) of this Paragraph, a person who is under
an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony and who has not been incarcerated
pursuant to the order within the last five years shall not be ineligible to register or vote based
on the order.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be permitted to
register or vote pursuant to this Section if he is convicted of a felony offense of election fraud
or any other election offense pursuant to R.S. 18:1461.2 and he is under an order of
imprisonment.
(2) Interdicted after being judicially declared to be mentally incompetent as a result
of a full interdiction proceeding pursuant to Civil Code Article 389. A person subject to a
limited interdiction pursuant to Civil Code Article 390 shall be permitted to register and vote
unless the court in that proceeding specifically suspends the interdicted person's right to vote
in the judgment of interdiction. If a person was previously subject to full interdiction, which
has been changed to a limited interdiction, that person shall be eligible to register and vote
unless the judgment of limited interdiction specifically suspends that right.
(3) Not a citizen of the United States of America.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section or any other
provision of law to the contrary, a person who was convicted of a felony prior to the effective
date of the 1974 Constitution of Louisiana who has fully satisfied and completed his sentence
shall not be ineligible to register to vote, nor shall he be prohibited from voting, based upon
that conviction.
C. For purposes of this Chapter, "incarcerated pursuant to the order" means actual
confinement in a correctional facility pursuant to the order of imprisonment, including
confinement after conviction but prior to sentencing for which the person is given credit in
the order and confinement following revocation of probation or parole. "Incarcerated
pursuant to the order" does not include confinement pursuant to a violation of a condition of
probation or parole that does not result in revocation.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 2003, No. 856, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 575, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2018, No. 636, §1, eff. March 1, 2019; Acts 2021, No. 127, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 500, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2025.