How to Vote in Louisiana

Voters must provide an approved excuse to vote absentee in Louisiana. You can vote absentee if you:
- Are a Senior Citizen, 65 years of age or older
- Are or expect to be temporarily outside of Louisiana or your parish during the early voting period and on election day
- Work or expect to be offshore during the early voting period and on election day
- Are a student, instructor, or professor, or their spouse or dependent, located and living outside of your parish of registration
- Are a minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy, or their spouse or dependent, assigned outside of your parish of registration
- Moved more than 100 miles from the parish seat of your former residence after the voter registration deadline
- Are involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside of your parish of registration and have not been judicially declared incompetent
- Are prohibited to getting to the polls because you are or expect to be hospitalized during the early voting period and/or on election day
- Are incarcerated or expect to be incarcerated and are not under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony
- Are a program participant in the secretary of state's Address Confidentiality Program
- Are a juror and will be sequestered on the day of the election
- Are physically disabled (you will be required to provide proof of disability)
- Are homebound and cannot vote without assistance

Learn more about who is eligibile to vote absentee at Louisiana's page.