HLS 20RS-223 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 68
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREEN
ELECTIONS: Provides for voting on Sunday during an early voting period
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 18:1309(A)(1)(b)(ii), (2), and (4), relative to early voting; to
3 provide relative to the period for conducting early voting; to provide for voting on
4 Sunday during the early voting period; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:1309(A)(1)(b)(ii), (2), and (4) are hereby amended and reenacted
7to read as follows:
8 ยง1309. Early voting; verification
9 A.(1)
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11 (b)
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13 (ii) The additional day shall be the first day preceding the period described
14 in Item (a)(i) of this Paragraph that is not a Sunday or a holiday required to be
15 observed pursuant to Paragraph (4) of this Subsection.
16 (2) During the early voting period, the registrar shall maintain regular office
17 hours, remaining open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through each day,
18 including Saturday and Sunday. Early voting on each day of the early voting period
19 shall terminate when all persons who were in line to vote at the close of the regular
20 office hours of the registrar's office, as provided in this Paragraph, have been allowed
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HB NO. 68
1 to vote. If the office space of the registrar is insufficient or inconvenient to
2 accommodate early voting, the registrar may provide for an alternate location to
3 conduct early voting, which location shall be in the courthouse or in a public
4 building in the immediate vicinity thereof, and in such case, adequate notice shall be
5 posted at the registrar's office informing the public of the location where early voting
6 is being conducted.
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8 (4) A registrar shall observe the holidays which are provided by law or
9 proclaimed by the governor for state departments, except Sundays, during any period
10 for conducting early voting.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 68 Original 2020 Regular Session Green
Abstract: Requires the registrar to remain open on Sunday during the early voting period
to allow for early voting.
Present law provides for early voting during an election. Provides that the early voting
period for an election is the period from 14 days to seven days prior to the election.
Generally provides that early voting is held at the registrar of voters' office and requires the
office to be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on each day, Monday through Saturday.
Present law provides that a registrar shall observe the holidays which are provided by law
or proclaimed by the governor for state departments during any early voting period. Present
law provides that Sundays are legal holidays.
Proposed law excepts Sundays from the legal holidays that the registrar is to observe and
requires the registrar of voters' office to be open on Sunday for early voting.
(Amends R.S. 18:1309(A)(1)(b)(ii), (2), and (4))
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