Vote in
Louisiana
Pick a different stateRegister by October 5
The deadline has passed. Ask Louisiana what you can still do.
Facts · Read Oct 26Check you are registered. If you are not, do it now.
Go to Louisiana registration →Vote early October 20 to October 27
Early voting has ended.
October 20 through October 27, 2026, excluding Sunday, October 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at your parish early voting locations. No reason is needed to vote early.
Pick your day
Early voting is the real date. Same ballot, shorter line, and if something is wrong with your registration you still have days to fix it.
Facts · Read Oct 26Election Day, November 3. Last resort.
Where to vote
Find your polling placeThe state says to use the Louisiana Voter Portal to find where you vote on election day, or call your parish Registrar of Voters office.Read October 26, 2026 from Louisiana Secretary of State.
Registered at home but living somewhere else?What Louisiana says to do when the address you are registered at is not the address you live at.
We have not confirmed Louisiana’s rule for this from an official source yet, so we are not printing one. Check which address you are registered at, then ask that county election office what to do.
All the datesRegistering online, by mail and in person, checking your registration, your polling place, and when polls close in Louisiana.
Register by
Monday, October 5, 2026, in person, by mail, or at an OMV office. Online registration through GeauxVote stays open through October 13.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register online
Tuesday, October 13, 2026, through the GeauxVote Online Registration System. Registering online requires a Louisiana driver’s license or Louisiana special ID card.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register by mail
The state’s register-to-vote page says a mailed application or its envelope must be postmarked 30 days prior to the election, which is October 5, 2026.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register in person
Register in person at your parish Registrar of Voters office or at an OMV office by Monday, October 5, 2026.
Facts · Read Oct 26Check you are registered
The Louisiana Voter Portal, which the state also calls GeauxVote.
Facts · Read Oct 26Register online
The state calls this the GeauxVote Online Registration System. It needs a Louisiana driver’s license or Louisiana special ID card. The register-to-vote page links it, and the link lands on this page.
Facts · Read Oct 26Early, in person
October 20 through October 27, 2026, excluding Sunday, October 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at your parish early voting locations. No reason is needed to vote early.
Facts · Read Oct 26Weekends
The state excludes only Sunday, October 25 from the window, so Saturday, October 24 falls inside it.
Facts · Read Oct 26Find your polling place
The state says to use the Louisiana Voter Portal to find where you vote on election day, or call your parish Registrar of Voters office.
Facts · Read Oct 26Polls close
On a Tuesday election such as November 3, 2026, polls are open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Facts · Read Oct 26What to bringThe ID Louisiana accepts, and what to do if you do not have one.
ID your state accepts
- a driver's license
- a Louisiana Special ID
- LA Wallet digital driver’s license
- a United States military identification card that contains your name and picture
- some other generally recognized picture ID that contains your name and signature
If you do not have one
Carry a second document
Checking. Louisiana lets a voter without ID vote by signing an affidavit rather than by showing a second document, so there may be nothing to print here. We are confirming that before we say so. Ask your state election office.
Make the plan
Three taps. No account. It stays on this phone.
Roll Call
Lock your date, bring your people, and see how your side is doing.
Who runs your election
The Louisiana Secretary of State administers elections in Louisiana. Your county or parish election office runs the polling places, counts the ballots, and answers questions about your own ballot. They are the people to call, and the ones whose answer is final.
Statewide offices are the ones every voter in Louisiana votes on, and every ballot counts the same from any precinct in the state. District seats are drawn on a map, so where you live decides which of those you vote on.
Some years a ballot also asks voters to change the rules of voting itself. Those questions tend to cover:
- what counts as ID at the polls or with a mail ballot
- how early voting and mail voting work, and by when
- how districts get drawn and who draws them
- how the election office itself is run and funded
We do not tell you what is on your ballot or what to make of it. Your sample ballot carries the official wording, written by the state. Read it at the Louisiana Secretary of State.
Mail, honestlyVoting by mail works. It also has rules, and the rules are where ballots get lost.
Your dates are above: when to ask for the ballot, when it has to be back, what happens if a signature is questioned.
- Sign exactly the way you signed when you registered.
- Send it back early, not on the last day.
- Would rather not trust the mail? Check the early in-person window above and go in person.
Who can vote by mail
In Louisiana, you must have a reason to be eligible to absentee vote, unless you are a military or overseas voter. The state lists the reasons, including being 65 or older, having a physical disability, or being away from your parish.
Facts · Read Oct 26Ask for your ballot by
Friday, October 30, 2026, by 4:30 p.m., other than military and overseas voters. Louisiana absentee voting by mail requires a listed reason, such as being 65 or older, disabled, or away from your parish.
Facts · Read Oct 26It has to be back by
Your parish Registrar of Voters must receive the voted ballot by Monday, November 2, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., the day BEFORE Election Day. A postmark does not save it. Military and overseas voters have until 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Facts · Read Oct 26Where to drop it off
The state names no drop boxes. Hand delivery is to your parish Registrar of Voters.
Facts · Read Oct 26Someone else returning it
If your signature is questioned
The lineIf the line is long, that is not a reason to leave. It is a reason to stay.
Bring water. Bring a charger. Bring a chair if you can carry one, a book, and a friend. Check your bag rules with your county first. If you are in line when the polls close, stay in line: your state decides what happens next, and every state page here prints its own rule in its own words.
- Water
- A charger
- A chair if you can
- Something to read
- A friend
If you are in line when polls close in Louisiana
Time off to vote
Checking. We are confirming whether Louisiana law gives time off to vote before we print anything about it. Ask your state election office.
Your rightsA provisional ballot, help if you need it, and the number to call from the line.
You can vote a provisional ballot
If your name is not on the list, or you do not have what they ask for, ask for a provisional ballot. In a federal election you have the right to cast one. Ask what you must do afterwards for it to count, and write it down.
You can bring someone to help
You can bring a person of your choice to help you vote, with limits your state sets on who it cannot be. Ask the poll worker for the rule in writing.
Language and disability assistance
Polling places must be accessible, and many places must provide help in other languages. Ask for the accessible machine, the curbside option, or the language help you need.
If someone tries to move you off your vote
Questions about your citizenship, a crowd following you in, someone filming you at the door, a person telling you that you cannot vote: none of that decides your vote. Do not leave the line. Call the hotline from where you stand.
Sources: the Louisiana Secretary of State, and the Election Protection coalition for the hotlines below.
Call from the line
If anyone tells you that you cannot vote, or you are turned away, or something feels wrong: do not leave. Call.
- 866-OUR-VOTE866-687-8683 · English
- 888-VE-Y-VOTA888-839-8682 · Spanish and English
- 888-API-VOTE888-274-8683 · Asian languages and English
- 844-YALLA-US844-925-5287 · Arabic and English
Election Protection, administered by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Numbers confirmed against their own site on September 19, 2026.
Your state election office is the final word. We print what its own pages say, with the date we read them.
Read on October 26, 2026 from your state election office, checked by AI against the Louisiana Secretary of State pages. Louisiana Secretary of State is the final word. See something wrong? Report it.