Louisiana General Election

Beginning January 1, 2026, to participate in primary elections for certain offices, including the US House of Representatives and US Senate, you must either register with the political party whose primary you would like to vote in, OR, if you are a No Party (unaffiliated) voter, select one party's ballot when you vote. Check your registration to make sure that you can vote in your preferred party’s primary election. These offices will have elections held using closed party primaries: US House of Representatives, US Senate, Justice of the Supreme Court, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Public Service Commission. This is due to two new laws in Louisiana, HB17 and HB592.Beginning January 1, 2025, you will need to provide proof of citizenship when you register to vote. This is due to a new law in Louisiana. Visit the Louisiana Secretary of State website or contact your local election office to learn more.

Louisiana offers online voter registration.To register online in Louisiana, you need to provide the four-digit audit code from your Louisiana driver's license or Louisiana special ID. If you are at least 17 years old and don’t have a Louisiana driver's license or Louisiana special ID, you can still submit a voter registration application by mail.

You can complete a voter registration application in person. Contact your local election office for information on when and where to register to vote.Learn more by visiting the Louisiana Secretary of State website or contacting your local election office.

View official ballot information on the Louisiana Secretary of State website, if available.

Secretary of State8585 Archives Ave Baton Rouge, LA 70809Telephone: (225) 922-0900

You will be asked to show photo ID to vote in Louisiana. Acceptable forms of photo ID include: Louisiana driver's license or special ID card LA Wallet digital driver's license United States military identification card that contains your name and picture some other generally recognized picture ID that contains your name and signatureVoters without ID: If you are unable to provide ID, you may still cast your vote by signature on a voter affidavit.

Visit your state’s site to find your local election office.

To register in Louisiana you must: be a United States citizenbe at least 17 years old (16 years old if registering in person at the Registrar of Voters Office or at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles), and you must be at least 18 years old to votereside in the state and parish in which you seek to registernot be under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony or, if under such an order not have been incarcerated pursuant to the order within the last five years and not be under an order of imprisonment related to a felony conviction for election fraud or any other election offense pursuant to La. R.S. 18:1461.2not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incompetence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rightsbe registered at least 20 days prior to an election if registering through the GeauxVote Online Registration System with a Louisiana driver's license or Louisiana special ID card or 30 days prior to an election if registering in person or by mail to be eligible to vote in that particular election. If mailing in an application, the application or envelope must be postmarked 30 days prior to the first election in which you seek to vote