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 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); or
-Are homebound and cannot vote without assistance.

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