ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 100
BY REPRESENTATIVE MARCELLE AND SENATORS ALLAIN, BARROW, BISHOP,
BOUDREAUX, CARTER, CHABERT, GATTI, JOHNS, LAMBERT, MARTINY,
MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, MORRELL, PETERSON, AND WALSWORTH
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the metropolitan council of the parish of East Baton Rouge to work with
Louisiana State University and the secretary of state to consolidate polling places for
residents of the Baton Rouge campus of the university to provide for one, centralized
polling place on campus.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Election Code provides that parish governing authorities
establish precincts; and
WHEREAS, a polling place must be located in a public building if one is available;
and
WHEREAS, all public bodies are required to allow the use of public buildings as
polling places without cost or charge when the governing authority requires it; and
WHEREAS, there are two polling places for residents of the Baton Rouge campus
of Louisiana State University; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 18:533(A)(2) provides that the "parish governing authority shall,
to the extent possible, locate multiple precincts in a polling location, if it determines after
due consideration that to locate multiple polling places within the same polling location
would be efficient, cost-effective, and convenient to voters"; and
WHEREAS, a full-time student attending an institution of higher learning in
Louisiana may register to vote at the place where the student resides while attending the
institution; and
WHEREAS, it is important to engage students in the democratic process; and
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WHEREAS, consolidating the separate polling places for residents of the Baton
Rouge campus of Louisiana State University in one, centralized location on campus would
make voting more convenient and therefore could increase voter participation; and
WHEREAS, the LSU Student Union, which is a center for campus life, should be
considered as a possible location for the consolidated polling place.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the metropolitan council of the parish of East Baton Rouge to work with
Louisiana State University and the secretary of state to consolidate polling places for
residents of the Baton Rouge campus of the university to provide for one, centralized polling
place on campus.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to each member of the metropolitan council of the parish of East Baton Rouge, the president
of Louisiana State University and the secretary of state.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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