Louisiana has set a record for in-person early voting, surpassing its previous high set in 2020. Recent reports from the Secretary of State’s Office show that 849,000 voters have cast their ballots early in person, compared to 817,000 in 2020. Including absentee ballots, 960,000 Louisianans voted ahead of the November 5 election. Secretary of State Deputy Secretary Joel Watson says people are excited about this election.
“More folks are early voting. We’ve seen this trend over the past several elections where more and more folks are choosing to vote early and that trend seems to be continuing this year.”
Watson says this year’s early voting also broke a single-day record on the final day with people voting in person on Tuesday, beating the previous record of 99,000 from the last election cycle.
“On the last day of early voting this year we saw over 103,000 Louisianians cast their vote.”
Watson says to accommodate absentee voters, the deadline to request an absentee ballot is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, and ballots must be returned by 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Louisiana voters can use the GeauxVote Mobile app or GeauxVote.com for polling locations and sample ballots.
“We’re only six days away from the elections and the mail service is a little slow at times. So if you want to vote absentee if you need to vote absentee make sure to get those requests in right away.
Early voting statistics by parish show notable turnout, with Calcasieu Parish leading at 38,000 votes, followed by Jefferson Davis at 7,000, and Beauregard at 6,000.
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