GENERAL APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BY MAIL BALLOT
(THIS APPLICATION IS NOT FOR MILITARY, OVERSEAS CITIZENS AND DISABLED VOTERS)
INSTRUCTIONS: TO SUBMIT A PAPER APPLICATION COMPLETE SECTIONS 1, 2, AND 3 AND PRINT. (VOTERS WITH A VALID LA DRIVER’S LICENSE OR ID
MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST ELECTRONICALLY BY LOGGING IN TO THE LOUISIANA VOTER PORTAL AT https://voterportal.sos.la.gov
)
SECTION 1: VOTER INFORMATION AND ELECTION DATES (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
(number/street/city/state/zip code (do not use a P.O. box #)
I am applying for a ballot for the Primary Election on
AND/OR the General Election on
To vote absentee by mail, you must be eligible for one of the reasons listed below. Military and overseas citizens or disabled voters use specialized applications and not this one.
*OPTIONAL information to be used for official use only.
SECTION 2: REQUEST REASON (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE)
CHECK ONLY ONE (1) OF THE FOLLOWING REASONS FOR WHICH YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY MAIL:
SENIOR CITIZEN - I am 65 years of age or older.
I wish to receive an absentee by mail ballot only for the election date on this application.
I wish to receive an absentee by mail ballot automatically for the election dates on this
application AND all elections hereafter.
(By selecting this option, you will automatically receive
a ballot unless your ballot is returned to the registrar as undeliverable, or you cancel the request.)
TEMPORARILY ABSENT - I am or expect to be temporarily outside the territorial limits of my state/parish of registration during the early voting
period and on election day. You must indicate the dates you will be temporarily absent below if the ballot is being mailed within your parish.
FROM ________________ THRU ________________.
OFFSHORE - I expect to be out of my precinct of registration and upon the waters of the state during early voting and on election day because of my
employment or occupation.
NURSING HOME** - I am a resident of a nursing home (includes veterans’ home and extended hospital stay for a physical disability).
- I am a student (you must enclose a copy of student ID or fee bill if voting for 1
st
time)
, instructor, or professor located and
living outside my parish of registration, or a spouse/dependent.
CLERGY - I am a minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy assigned outside my parish of registration, or a spouse/dependent.
MOVED OUT OF PARISH less than 30 days before election - I moved my residence to another parish more than 100 miles from the parish seat of
my former residence after the voter registration books closed.
INVOLUNTARY CONFINEMENT - I am involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside my
parish of registration and I am not
interdicted and not judicially declared incompetent.
HOSPITALIZED - I expect to be hospitalized on election day and I did not have knowledge until after the time for early voting had expired; o
hospitalized during the time for early voting and I expect to be hospitalized on election day; or I was either hospitalized or restricted to
my bed by my
physician during early voting and on election day (you must enclose proof of hospitalization);
INCARCERATED - I am
incarcerated in an institution inside/outside my parish of registration and I am not under an order of imprisonment for
conviction of a felony. (You must enclose a certification by sheriff.)
ACP - I am a program participant in the Department of State Address Confidentiality Program.
JUROR - I will be sequestered on the day of the election and during early voting. (You must enclose a certified copy of court order.)
**If you qualify for the nursing home early voting program, the registrar of voters will visit the facility
on a predetermined day before election day to allow you to vote early by machine or
paper ballot for all elections hereafter until you cancel the request or no longer reside at that facility. You will be entitled to assistance from the registrar, deputy registrar, or any other person
except a nursing home owner, operator, administrator, or employee.
SECTION 3: CERTIFICATION AND SIGNATURE(S)
I understand that my absentee ballot, if sent to an address within the parish or an adjacent parish, can only be sent to the address at which I am registered to
vote, my mailing address on file with the registrar of voters, or an address at which I regularly receive mail. Please send my absentee ballot and instruct
(number/street/city/state/zip code)
I CERTIFY that the statements made herein by me are true and correct and I may be subject to a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 2
years, or both, for knowingly making false statements.
If your signature is a mark, two witnesses to your mark are required to sign:
MAIL, FAX, OR HAND DELIVER THIS FORM TO your parish registrar of voters where you are registered.
A faxed application cannot be sent from a candidate’s fax machine
,
and must show or contain the fax number from where the application was sent. No person, except the immediate family of any voter, shall send by facsimile or b
more than one voter's application to vote by mail to the registrar of voters. If hand delivered or faxed, please complete the following:
Submitted by: _______________________ Relationship to Applicant: _______________________
Visit our website at www.GeauxVote.com
for deadlines and contact information or call toll free 1.800.883.2805.
Reg. # _______________________ W/P Party Date Rec'd. ___________________________
Prepared and Furnished by the Secretary of State SOS-ABM-RQ-GEN (Rev. 6/20)
