RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 360 (SB 422) 2020 Regular Session Bernard
Prior law provided that the clerk of court, in the presence of a majority of the parish board
of election supervisors, will reopen any voting machine for reinspection by a candidate or his
representative at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day after the election and at any time ordered by a
court of competent jurisdiction after receipt of a written request for reinspection by the
candidate or at 10:00 a.m. on the next working day if the fifth day after the election falls on
a holiday or weekend.
New law provides that the clerk of court, in the presence of a majority of the parish board of
election supervisors, will reopen any voting machine for reinspection by a candidate or his
representative at a time set by the secretary of state, in conjunction with the registrar of voters
and the clerk of court on the fifth day after the election and at any time ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction after receipt of a written request for reinspection by the candidate or
on the next working day at a time set by secretary of state, in conjunction with the registrar
of voters and the clerk of court.
Prior law provided that the deadline for filing a written request for reinspection with the clerk
of court will be the last working day prior to the date of the reinspection.
New law provides that the deadline for filing a written request for reinspection with the clerk
of court will be 4:30 p.m. on the third calendar day after the election.
Prior law provided that all recounts of absentee by mail and early voting ballots will be held
at 10:00 a.m. or following the reinspection of voting machines on the fifth day after the
election and at any time ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or at 10:00 a.m. on the
next working day if the fifth day after the election falls on a holiday or weekend.
New law provides that all recounts of absentee by mail and early voting ballots will be held
on the fifth day after the election at a time set by the secretary of state, in conjunction with
the registrar of voters and the clerk of court, or following the reinspection of voting machines
on the fifth day after the election and at any time ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction
or at a time set by the secretary of state, in conjunction with the registrar of voters and the
clerk of court on the next working day if the fifth day after the election falls on a holiday or
weekend.
Prior law provided that the deadline for filing a written request with the clerk of court for a
recount of absentee by mail and early voting ballots will be 4:30 p.m. on the last working day
prior to the date of the recount.
New law provides that the deadline for filing a written request with the clerk of court for a
recount of absentee by mail an early voting ballots will be 4:30 p.m. on the third calendar day
after the election.
Prior law provided that a candidate or his representative, in the presence of a majority of the
parish board of election supervisors, will be allowed to inspect the flaps removed from valid
absentee by mail ballots and the flaps removed from the valid early voting ballots when paper
ballots are used for early voting at 10:00 a.m. or following the recount of absentee by mail
and early voting ballots on the fifth day after the election and at any time ordered by a court
of competent jurisdiction or at 10:00 a.m. on the next working day if the fifth day after the
election falls on a holiday or weekend.
New law provides that a candidate or his representative, in the presence of a majority of the
parish board of election supervisors, will be allowed to inspect the flaps removed from valid
absentee by mail ballots and the flaps removed from the valid early voting ballots when paper
ballots are used for early voting at a time set by the secretary of state, in conjunction with the
registrar of voters and the clerk of court, or following the recount of absentee by mail and
early voting ballots on the fifth day after the election and at any time ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or at a time set by the secretary of state, in conjunction with the
registrar of voters and the clerk of court on the next working day if the fifth day after the
election falls on a holiday or weekend. Prior law provided that the deadline for filing a written request with the clerk of court for
inspection of the flaps removed from the valid absentee by mail ballots and the flaps
removed from the valid early voting ballots when paper ballots are used for early voting will
be the last working day prior to the date of the inspection.
New law provides that the deadline for filing a written request with the clerk of court for
inspection of the flaps removed from the valid absentee by mail ballots and the flaps
removed from the valid early voting ballots when paper ballots are used for early voting will
be 4:30 p.m. on the third calendar day after the election.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 12, 2020).
(Amends R.S. 18:573(A)(3) and 1313(J)(2)(b) and (3))