RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 423 (HB 388) 2021 Regular Session Harris
Existing law authorizes parishes to conduct the preparation and verification process for the
tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots the day before the
election.
Prior law limited the applicability of existing law to parishes with 1,000 or more absentee
by mail ballots returned to the registrar of voters. New law removes this limitation thereby
making existing law applicable to all parishes.
New law authorizes any parish, with written approval of the secretary of state, to conduct the
preparation and verification of absentee by mail and early voting ballots beginning three days
before the election day.
Existing law requires that absentee by mail and early voting ballots be tabulated and counted
on election day.
Prior law provided relative to elections impaired by a declared disaster or emergency and
allowed the preparation and verification process to begin four days before election day.
Provided that prior law ceased to be effective on Aug. 1, 2021. New law repeals prior law.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 18:423(J), 1313.1(A), (B), (C)(1), (E), and (G)(intro. para.), (6), and (7), and
1315(B); Repeals R.S. 18:1313.2)