Can I request an absentee/mail-in ballot?

YES! If you are any of the following:

• A Senior Citizen: If you are 65 years of age or older

• Temporarily Absent: If you are temporarily outside of Louisiana or your parish during the early voting period and on election day, or expect to be

• Offshore: If you work or expect to be offshore working during the early voting period and on election day

• Nursing Home: If you reside in a nursing home, veterans' home or a hospital for an extended stay for a physical disability and are unable to vote in person during early voting or at the polls on election day

• Higher Education: If you are a student, instructor or professor located and living outside of your parish of registration, or the spouse/dependent thereof

• Clergy: If you are minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy assigned outside of your parish of registration, or a spouse/dependent

• Moved Out of Parish: If you moved more than 100 miles from the parish seat of your former residence after the voter registration books closed (30 days prior to an election)

• Involuntary Confinement: If you are involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside your parish of registration and you are not interdicted and not judicially declared incompetent

• Hospitalized: If you expect to be hospitalized on election day and did not have knowledge of the hospitalization until after the time for early voting had expired; or you were hospitalized during the time for early voting and you expect to be hospitalized on election day; or you were either hospitalized or restricted to bed by your physician during early voting and on election day

• Incarcerated: If you are incarcerated or expect to be incarcerated in an institution inside or outside of your parish of registration and you are not under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony

• Address Confidentiality Program: If you are a program participant in the secretary of state's Address Confidentiality Program

• Juror: If you will be sequestered on the day of the election

• Physical Disability: If you are physically disabled, you may apply through the Disabled Application and, if not enrolled, enroll in the programs for voters with disabilities, senior citizens and nursing home residents.

• Homebound: If you are homebound and cannot vote without assistance, you may apply through the Disabled Application and, if not enrolled, enroll in the programs for voters with disabilities, senior citizens and nursing home residents.

You are eligible to apply for a mail-in ballot!

Request online: Log in to the Louisiana Voter Portal and follow these steps:

1. Click the "Search By Voter" button.

2. Type in your First Name, Last Name and Zip Code or Birth Month and Year and then click the "Submit" button;

3. Click the "Request Absentee Ballot" link found under the Quick Links heading; and

4. Complete requested information and submit.

Request by mail: Download, print, and complete the Temporary COVID-19 Application

** The deadline to request an absentee/mail-in ballot for the runoff is June 8 **

How do I return the ballot and make sure my vote is counted?

Anyone who receives a mail-in or absentee ballot has the option to return their completed ballot by mail, fax, or hand delivery to your parish’s registrars office. If hand delivering, this must be done by you or an immediate family member.

After you complete and send back the ballot, you can track it on the Louisiana Voter Portal.

What is the deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot?

Your request must be received by your parish registrar by 4:30 p.m. CST on
June 8, 2021.

What is the deadline for returning a completed ballot?

Your ballot must be received by your parish registrar by 4:30 p.m. CST on
June 11, 2021.