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.
-Reside in a nursing home, veterans' home or a hospital for an extended stay for a physical disability and are unable to vote in person during early voting or at the polls 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 on election day.
-Are incarcerated or expect to be incarcerated and are 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.