§ 18:177 — Reinstatement of registration after suspension

§177. Reinstatement of registration after suspension
A.(1) The registration of a person whose registration has been suspended by the
registrar of voters pursuant to R.S. 18:176(A) shall be reinstated when the person appears in
the office of the registrar and provides documentation from the appropriate correction official
showing that such person is no longer under an order of imprisonment or, if the person is
under such an order, that the person has not been incarcerated pursuant to the order within
the last five years and the person is not under an order of imprisonment related to a felony
conviction pursuant to election fraud or any other election offense pursuant to R.S.
18:1461.2.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, such
documentation may be provided by mail, facsimile, commercial carrier, or hand delivery for
the following:
(a) A person who has been approved by the parish board of election supervisors as
being eligible to participate in the Special Program for Handicapped Voters as such program
existed prior to January 1, 2010.
(b) A person who has submitted to the registrar current proof of disability from a
physician along with a certification from the physician indicating that by reason of the
person's disability the person is unable to appear in person to vote either during early voting
or at the polling place on election day.
B. The registration of a person who has been interdicted and judicially declared
mentally incompetent and whose registration has been suspended by the registrar pursuant
to R.S. 18:176 shall be reinstated upon receipt by the registrar of a certified copy of a
definitive judgment revoking such interdiction.

Legislative History

Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1381, §1; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2018, No. 636, §1, eff. March 1, 2019.