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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 369
BY SENATOR HARRIS
ELECTION CODE. Provides for compensation for certain election workers. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 18:423(E), 426.1(A)(2), and 1309(J), relative to compensation
3 for certain election workers; to provide for increased rates of compensation; and to
4 provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 18:423(E), 426.1(A)(2), and 1309(J) are hereby amended and
7 reenacted to read as follows:
8 §423. Parish boards of election supervisors
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10 E. Compensation. Each member of the parish board of election supervisors
11 shall receive fifty one hundred fifty dollars for each day, not to exceed six days,
12 actually spent in the performance of his duties in preparing for and supervising each
13 election held in the parish, except that each member of the board may be
14 compensated for not more than seven days for a presidential or regularly scheduled
15 congressional general election. In addition, each member of the board who is not a
16 public official shall receive fifty dollars for each day spent in court as a subpoenaed
17 witness in litigation concerning the performance of his duties as a member of the
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1 parish board of election supervisors in connection with an election.
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3 §426.1. Election commissioners; compensation
4 A. Each commissioner who serves at the polling place on election day shall
5 be paid according to the following:
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7 (2) A commissioner-in-charge who serves at more than one precinct shall
8 receive three hundred fifty dollars.
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10 §1309. Early voting; verification
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12 J. Upon approval of the secretary of state, a registrar of voters may utilize
13 commissioners selected and trained by the registrar of voters to assist the registrar
14 during the early voting period in the conduct of early voting by his office. A registrar
15 of voters shall, in seeking the approval of the secretary of state, indicate to the
16 secretary the number of commissioners that is required for such assistance. A
17 commissioner who assists the registrar in the conduct of early voting shall take an
18 oath of office as a deputy registrar for the early voting period and shall complete an
19 affidavit prepared by the secretary of state that contains the name, address, and last
20 four digits of the social security number of the early voting commissioner and an
21 acknowledgment that the law prohibits the disclosure of confidential voter
22 information listed in the precinct register or early voting list kept by the registrar.
23 The affidavit shall be retained in the office of the registrar of voters. A commissioner
24 who assists the registrar in the conduct of early voting shall be paid in accordance
25 with R.S. 18:426.1(A)(3) and (B), if applicable, one hundred fifty dollars for each
26 day of such assistance. Commissioners shall also be paid in accordance with R.S.
27 18:426.1(B), if applicable.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 369 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Harris
Present law provides for each member of a parish board of election supervisors to receive
$50 for each day actually spent in the performance of his duties in preparing for and
supervising each election held in the parish.
Proposed law retains present law and increases the amount of compensation received to $150
per day.
Present law provides for each election commissioner-in-charge of more than one precinct
at the polling place on election day to receive $300.
Proposed law provides for each election commissioner-in-charge of more than one precinct
at the polling place on election day to receive $350.
Present law provides for election commissioners who assist registrars of voters with the
conduct of early voting to be paid $100 in accordance with the provisions of present law.
Proposed law provides for election commissioners who assist registrars of voters with the
conduct of early voting to be paid $150.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 18:423(E), 426.1(A)(2), and 1309(J))
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