Register to Vote Online in Louisiana

Louisiana voter registration deadlines

• In Person: 30 days before Election Day.
• By Mail: Received 30 days before Election Day.
• Online: 20 days before Election Day.

Election Day Registration:

N/A

Louisiana voter registration rules

To register in Louisiana you must:

• be a citizen of the United States
• be a resident of Louisiana (Residence address must be address where you claim homestead exemption, if any, except for a resident in a nursing home or veteran’s home who may select to use the address of the nursing home or veterans’ home or the home where he has a homestead exemption. A college student may elect to use his home address or his address while away at school.)
• be at least 17 years old, and be 18 years old prior to the next election to vote
• not currently be under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony. (If you are under an order but have not been incarcerated within the last five years, you ARE eligible to vote unless your conviction was for election fraud.)
• not currently be under a judgment of interdiction for mental incompetence

Louisiana voter registration directions

1. Use our Register to Vote Tool to fill out the National Voter Registration Form.
2. Sign and date your form. This is very important!
3. Mail or hand-deliver your completed form to the address we provide.
4. Make sure you register before the voter registration deadline.

Offsite links

• State Election Website
• Local Election Office: This is the government office responsible for running elections in your region. Theses are the best people to contact if you have any questions at all about voting in your state.
• Find your polling place
• Absentee ballot tracker tool
• Learn more about absentee voting
• Learn more about early voting
• Learn more about voter ID