Louisiana § 18:535 Notice of location of precincts and polling places

Louisiana Statutes

§ 18:535 — Notice of location of precincts and polling places

Louisiana § 18:535

Title 18Conservation

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 18:535 (2026).

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§535. Notice of location of precincts and polling places

A.Establishment and change. When a precinct or polling place is established or changed, notice of its location shall be published by the parish governing authority. The publication shall be in the official journal of the parish.

B.Before primary elections. The parish board of election supervisors shall publish the location of the polling places in the parish at least once before each primary election. The publication shall be in the official journal of the parish during the third week before the primary election. The locations shall be published on the website of the secretary of state. The secretary of state's website shall also include instructions on how a voter may subscribe to receive electronic notifications of polling place

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§535. Notice of location of precincts and polling places
A. Establishment and change. When a precinct or polling place is established or
changed, notice of its location shall be published by the parish governing authority. The
publication shall be in the official journal of the parish.
B. Before primary elections. The parish board of election supervisors shall publish
the location of the polling places in the parish at least once before each primary election. The
publication shall be in the official journal of the parish during the third week before the
primary election. The locations shall be published on the website of the secretary of state.
The secretary of state's website shall also include instructions on how a voter may subscribe
to receive electronic notifications of polling place location changes. If a parish registrar of
voters or clerk of court maintains a website, the registrar or clerk shall publish on the website
beginning thirty days prior to an election a publicly available list of the locations of all
polling places within the parish, arranged by precinct.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2022, No. 652, §1, eff. Oct. 15, 2022; Acts 2024, No. 604, §1.