§ 18:135 — Close of registration

Louisiana § 18:135

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§135. Close of registration
A.(1) Registrars shall close the registration records thirty days prior to an election.
However, if the deadline falls on a legal holiday, the registrars shall close the registration
records on the first day after such holiday which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal
holiday.
(2)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, if because
of an emergency as declared by the governor or by the parish president the registrar is unable
to open at least one office in the parish on the day on which the registration records are to be
closed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the registrar shall not close the
registration records on that day. In such case, the registrar shall close the registration records
on the first business day thereafter that the registrar opens an office in the parish, and an
application for any entry or change in a registration received by the registrar on this day shall
be deemed to have been received as of the day the registration records were to be closed
pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
(b) The registrar shall notify the secretary of state as soon as possible upon
determining that the registrar will be unable to open at least one office in the parish on the
day on which the registration records are to be closed pursuant to Paragraph (1) of this
Subsection.
(c) This Paragraph shall not apply if the registrar fails to open an office before the
twentieth day prior to the day of the election. In such case, the registration records shall be
considered to have been closed as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.
(d) For purposes of this Paragraph, "parish president" means the president of any
parish, mayor-president, mayor of New Orleans, or police jury president.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, registrars
shall close the registration records twenty days prior to an election for a person who makes
application pursuant to R.S. 18:115.1 to register to vote or to make changes to an existing
registration and who has been informed, pursuant to R.S. 18:115.1(C)(4)(b), that his
application has been electronically forwarded to the appropriate registrar of voters.
B. Except as otherwise provided by law, no entries or changes in the registration
records shall be made thereafter except:
(1) To carry into effect at any time prior to the date of the election an order of a court
in the case of an application and appeal heard and determined as provided for in this Title.
(2) Repealed by Act 1988, No. 909, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
(3) To effect cancellations and erasures as required or authorized by this Chapter.
C. Except as otherwise provided by law, while the registration records are closed as
required by Subsection A of this Section, registrars shall accept any application for
registration, change of address, change of party affiliation or nonaffiliation, change of name,
or application for any other lawful entry or change in a registration, but none of these shall
be effective until at least the day after the election has been held.

Legislative History

Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 909, §§1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 107, §2, eff. Dec. 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, No. 1381, §1; Acts 2009, No. 181, §1; Acts 2016, No. 183, §1, eff. Feb. 1, 2017.