§ 18:1286.1 — Authority to consolidate polling places; reduction of number of voting machines

Louisiana § 18:1286.1

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§1286.1. Authority to consolidate polling places; reduction of number of voting machines
and election officials
A. Notwithstanding any provision of R.S. 18:1286(A), when an election called under
the provisions of this Chapter is not held at the same time as the election of any public
official, in cases where a single location serves as the polling place of more than one precinct
the parish board of election supervisors may consolidate the polling places in that location
so that a single polling place may serve each precinct assigned to that location for that
election and may reduce the number of voting machines to be used in the election below the
number fixed by R.S. 18:1363 and, in such case, shall notify, in accordance with the time line
provided in R.S. 18:1363(H), the parish custodian of voting machines and the secretary of
state of the number of machines to be prepared and delivered to the location of the
consolidated polling place.
B. When the parish board of election supervisors consolidates polling places as
authorized by Subsection A of this Section, it shall appoint a commissioner-in-charge to
serve all precincts assigned to the consolidated polling place and may reduce to not less than
two the number of commissioners and alternate commissioners to be appointed to serve at
the location of the consolidated polling place.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2017, No. 176, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2025, No. 386, §1.