§ 18:110 — Removal from precinct; removal from parish

Louisiana § 18:110

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§110. Removal from precinct; removal from parish
A.(1) At any time prior to closing of registration for any election a registrant who
changes his residence within the parish may change his registration without reregistering by
making application by mail or electronically to the registrar or by appearing in person at the
office of the registrar.
(2) Upon receipt of an application for a change of registration, the registrar shall
compare the signature on the application with the signature on the original application card,
any subsequent signature in the records of the registrar, or the signature on any microfilm,
microfiche, or scanned or electronically captured computerized images of documents in the
records of the registrar. If the signatures are sufficiently alike to identify the applicant as the
registered voter, the change shall be made and the date of the change of residence and the
new ward and precinct shall be recorded in the registrant's information on the state voter
registration computer system and, if the original application is available in hard copy in the
registrar's office, on the original application form. If the application is signed by a mark
witnessed by the signatures of two witnesses, the registrar shall make the change on the basis
of the application.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 91, §2, eff. June 6, 2023.
B.(1) A change of registration based upon a change of residence within a parish
received after the closing of registration for a primary election shall become effective the day
after the general election or special general election when a special primary election is held
in conjunction with a general election except as follows:
(a) A person whose registration has been canceled pursuant to R.S. 18:193(G).
(b) A person whose registration has been canceled or whose address has been
corrected pursuant to R.S. 18:196(C).
(2) The change of residence of a registrant from one precinct to another in the same
parish does not deprive him of the right to remain as a legal registrant, as to all issues upon
which he was entitled to vote prior to his change of residence, in the precinct from which he
has removed until he changes his registration as provided in Subsection A of this Section and
has the right to vote in the precinct to which he has moved.
(3) However, in a regularly scheduled general election where the only candidate's
election appearing on any ballot in the parish is a special primary election, then in such
instance, the change shall become effective prior to the special primary election. In a
regularly scheduled or special general election, where the change of registration does not
change any issues or candidate offices upon which the voter was entitled to vote prior to the
change, the change shall become effective prior to the regularly scheduled or special general
election.
C. The removal from one parish to another parish does not deprive any registrant of
the right to remain a legal registrant in the parish from which he has removed, as to all issues
upon which he was entitled to vote prior to his change of residence, until he registers and has
the right to vote in the parish to which he has moved or until three months after he moved,
whichever is sooner.
D. Any registrant may have his name cancelled from the file of eligible voters by
filing a signed written statement of such request with the registrar of voters for the parish in
which the registrant is registered.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1985, No. 754, §1; Acts 1988, No. 909, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, No. 157, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 1220, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 431, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 448, §1; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 186, §2, eff. June 29, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2019, No. 374, §1, eff. June 19, 2019; Acts 2023, No. 91, §2, eff. June 6, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 390, §1.