§ 18:193 — Challenge and cancellation of registration; notice; procedures

§193. Challenge and cancellation of registration; notice; procedures
A. When the registrar has reason to believe that a registrant no longer is qualified to
be registered, or that a registrant has changed his residence, the registrar shall immediately
notify the person by sending the address confirmation notice to the registrant and place the
voter on the inactive list of voters. However, a person shall not be placed on the inactive list
of voters if there is address information available to the registrar from the United States
Postal Service or its licensee which indicates the voter has moved to another address within
the parish.
B. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 2, §2, eff. March 31, 2025.
C. If the registrant responds to the address confirmation notice and has not moved
or has moved within the parish, the registrar shall remove the person's name from the
inactive list of voters if it is on the inactive list and correct the voter's address if necessary.
D.(1) If the voter responds to the address confirmation notice and has permanently
moved to a different parish, the registrar shall transfer the voter's registration information to
the new parish of residence.
(2) If the voter responds to the address confirmation notice and has permanently
moved outside of the state, the registrar shall cancel the voter's registration.
E. A voter on the inactive list of voters who fails to respond to the address
confirmation notice shall remain on the inactive list of voters until his address is confirmed
in accordance with the procedures set forth in R.S. 18:196 or not later than a period of two
regularly scheduled federal general elections, at which time the Department of State shall
cancel the voter's registration.
F. A list of names and addresses to whom address confirmation notices are sent and
whether or not each person responded to the confirmation notice shall be maintained for a
period of two years and shall be open to inspection and copying as provided in R.S. 18:154.
Ninety days prior to a regularly scheduled federal primary election, the names and addresses
of those persons on the inactive list shall be published for one day in the official journal of
the parish governing authority or in a newspaper calculated to provide maximum notice in
the parish.
G.(1) If the registrar has reason to believe that the name of a person has been illegally
or fraudulently placed upon the registration records or that a registrant no longer is qualified
to be registered for a reason other than a change of residence or address, or that the registrant
has deliberately given an incorrect address, he shall immediately notify the person. The
notice shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the address on file at the registrar's
office.
(2) The notice shall state the alleged irregularity in the registration and shall inform
the person that he must appear in person at the office of the registrar of voters within twenty-one days after the date on which the notice was mailed to show cause why his name should
not be removed.
(3) If the registrant fails to appear within the required twenty-one days, the registrar
shall cancel his name from the list of eligible voters. If the registrant appears and shows
cause within the twenty-one days, the registrar shall not cancel the registration.
(4) Records of such activity shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions
provided in Subsection F of this Section.
H. If the registrar determines that a voter's registration has been cancelled through
error of the registrar or the Department of State, the registrar shall reinstate the voter's
registration as though the cancellation had never occurred and shall notify the registrant of
the reinstatement.
I. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 2, §2, eff. March 31, 2025.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1985, No. 225, §1; Acts 1986, No. 669, §1; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1987, No. 890, §1; Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2001, No. 1181, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002; Acts 2004, No. 526, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 519, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2016, No. 281, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, No. 91, §1, eff. June 6, 2023; Acts 2024, No. 2, §§1, 2, eff. March 31, 2025; Acts 2024, No. 390, §1.