If you register to vote in person at a parish registrar of voters office, you are required to prove age, residency, and identity. You may submit your current Louisiana driver's license, birth certificate, or other documentation which reasonably and sufficiently establishes your identity, age, and residency.
To vote, you must either present a valid photo ID, or sign an affidavit if no photo ID is available. Acceptable photo ID includes:
- A Louisiana driver's license
- A Louisiana special ID card
- Any other generally recognized picture ID card
If you do not have a picture ID card, you may sign an affidavit which will be attached to the precinct register, and you will be required to provide further identification as requested by the commissioner at the polling place.
You must be a registered voter in the parish where you vote and eligible to vote in the election for federal office for your provisional ballot to be counted.
If you are in the parish where you are registered to vote and you are voting
at the wrong precinct, you will be given a paper provisional ballot for federal
offices only. You will not be permitted to vote on the state, local, or municipal
offices, propositions, or constitutional amendments.
If you are not registered to vote in Louisiana, and you enter a precinct to
vote, you will be given a paper provisional ballot for federal offices only.
You will not be permitted to vote on the state, local, or municipal offices,
propositions, or constitutional amendments.
If you have the designation Mail 1st time federal election" by your name
in the precinct register, you will be required to cast a paper provisional ballot
for only federal offices if you do not present to the commissioner a current
and valid photo ID or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government
check, paycheck, or other government document that shows your name and address.
If you are required to vote a paper provisional ballot for federal offices
only, you will be required to sign a voter identification affidavit and you
will be permitted to vote on the voting machine on the state, local, or municipal
offices, propositions, or constitutional amendments.
If you cast a paper provisional
ballot for federal offices only, your provisional ballot may or may not be
counted. You must be a registered voter in the parish where you vote and
eligible to vote in the election for federal office for your provisional ballot
to be counted.
If you cast a provisional ballot in a recent election
and want to know if it was counted you should contact Frances Sims, Nancy Underwood
or Angie Bouy with the Secretary of State Elections Division at 1-800-883-2805.
You should wait at least seven days after an election to call, and should
be prepared with your provisional ballot number.
