LOUISIANA

Presidential Primary registration deadline – February 22, 2012

Presidential Primary date – March 24, 2012

General Election/Congressional Primary registration deadline – October 8, 2012

Congressional Run-off (if necessary) – December 1, 2012

Election information phone number – 800-883-2805

State election website – http://www.sos.la.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=977

Early voting

In person – Any voter may vote early in person, no excuse needed. Early in-person voting is available March 10 to March 17 for the Presidential Primary; October 23 to October 30 for the General Election/Congressional Primary; and November 17 to November 24 for the Congressional Run-off.

A complete list of early in-person voting locations is available at http://www.sos.la.gov/Home/Elections/EarlyVotingInPerson/EarlyVotingLocations/tabid/984/Default.aspx.

By mail – A voter may vote early by mail if he has a valid excuse. The most common valid excuses include: being 65 or over; being in the military or the spouse or dependent of someone in the military; expecting to be away from the voter’s parish of registration during the early voting period and election day; expecting to be hospitalized or restricted to bed by a physician during the early voting period and election day; or being disabled.

Applications for absentee/vote-by-mail ballots may be made between January 24 and March 10 for the Presidential Primary; September 7 and November 2 for the General Election/Congressional Primary; and October 2 and November 27 for the Congressional Run-off.

Voted absentee ballots must be received by the Registrar no later than the day before the election.

Absentee voting by mail – Begins September 22

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