Election Dates: Primary: October 20, 2007 Runoff: November 17, 2007

Voter Registration Form
A voter registration form from the Secretary of State's office is available online at: http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elect-appli.htm Send completed voter registration forms to your parish registrar, listed on the form, by the dates below:

Last Date to Register for Primary: September 19, 2007

Last Date to Register for Runoff: October 17, 2007

Mail to: East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar, 222 St. Louis #221, Baton Rouge, La 70802-5860

Time Periods to Request a Mail Ballot for Elections (other than Military and Overseas)
Primary: August 21, 2007 to October 16, 2007
Runoff: September 18, 2007 to November 13, 2007

Deadline for Registrar to Receive Mail Ballot for Elections (other than Military and Overseas)
Primary: October 19, 2007
Runoff: November 16, 2007

Early Voting
Voters can vote early, at their registrar's office, during the following dates:

Primary Election: October 6-13, 2007

Runoff Election: November 5-10, 2007

Early Voting locations: Elections Dept., 10500 Coursey Blvd., Suite 200, Baton Rouge, La 70816 OR Registrar of Voters, 222 St. Louis St., Room 201, Baton Rouge, La 70802

Military personnel should check with their commanding officers who will provide the forms to request absentee ballots.

U.S. citizens residing overseas should send a request in writing to the registrar of voter’s office in the parish where they are registered to vote. All instructions on how to fill out the ballots and the requirements for mailing it back will be sent to overseas voters with the absentee ballots. The ballots requested are mailed at the Registrar of Voters expense. The return postage is paid by the voter.

The deadlines for returning your ballots to the Registrar of Voters office for an election are as follows:

Military Personnel – Election Day

U. S. Citizens residing outside of the U.S. – Election Day

For all others – the day BEFORE Election Day

Overseas Military personnel and U.S. citizens residing overseas will be voting on a special green absentee ballot for general elections.

The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) web site - http://www.fvap.gov/index.html - provides information to U.S. citizens covered by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) -- those U.S. citizens who are members of the Uniformed Services and their family members, and U.S. citizens who reside outside the United States. Uniformed Services are defined as the U.S. Armed Forces (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard), merchant marine, commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A voter is entitled to receive assistance while voting if he/she is (1) unable to read, or (2) unable to vote without assistance because of a physical handicap, including blindness.  A voter must register as needing assistance and provide the proper documentation to the registrar or the election day poll worker.

Persons prohibited from assisting voters are as follows:

With the exceptions as provided above, a voter who is entitled to assistance in voting may receive the assistance of any person of his choice. The person assisting the voter shall explain to the voter that a signature or mark made by the voter constitutes certification that all statements in the certificate are true and correct and that any person who knowingly

Voters who are physically unable to vote in person at the polls on election day and unable to vote in person at the registrar's office may be eligible for the Special Program for Physically Handicapped Voters - http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elect-handicap.htm Call the East Baton Rouge Parish Registrar of voters at 225-295-4765 or 225-389-3940 and ask for more details to see if you are eligible or view the  Handicapped Voting Provisions page on this web site: http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elect-handicap.htm

Visibly disabled voters may go to the front of the line at their polling place or when voting early (RS 18:564(E).

The Handicapped Participation Guide for Participation in the Special Program for Physically Handicapped Voters - R.S. Title 18, Chapter 7A located here: http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/elections/elect-absentee.htm provides information as a guide for the election officials who are directly involved in the Special Program for Physically Handicapped Voters, for the individuals who wish to participate in the program, and for any other individual who may have an interest in the law. The special program was established by Acts 1983, No. 500, to enable certain physically handicapped voters the opportunity to participate in the electoral process. It will enable these voters to vote absentee by mail or in person at nursing homes if they meet the requirements set forth in Chapter 7A of the Louisiana Election Code.