Louisiana voting guide

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Louisiana · November 3, 2026

The ordinary registration deadline has passed. OFF-LA · BP-REG · VOTE-REG

Ordinary domestic voters; same-day registration routes and local conditions remain distinct.
Registration route	Date	Rule	Evidence
Online	Oct 13	October 13 in the 2026 official calendar; the generic Vote.org twenty-day formula differs and is not used for this field.	OFF-LA · BP-REG
Mail	Oct 5	postmarked	OFF-LA · BP-REG · VOTE-REG
In person	Oct 5		OFF-LA · BP-REG · VOTE-REG

A displayed window does not mean every site is open every day. Times are local unless a named time zone is given.
Voting task	Date or window	Instructions
Mailed ballot request	Oct 30	The application must reach the election authority by this date. BP-MAIL · VOTE-MAIL
In-person early/absentee route	Oct 20–Oct 27	Early voting excludes Sunday October 25 and runs 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Most absentee voters face a November 2, 4:30 p.m. receipt cutoff; designated special categories have different rules. BP-EARLY · VOTE-EARLY
Ballot return	Method-specific rule	Most voters: ballot must reach the registrar by 4:30 p.m. Nov 2. Military, overseas and certain other designated categories have later cutoffs. BP-RETURN · VOTE-MAIL
Election Day hours	6 a.m.–8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 3; Saturday runoff hours differ.	Local time. Check the assigned polling place for applicable exceptions. BP-HOURS · VOTECLOCK · GP-HOURS

Early voting excludes Sunday October 25 and runs 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. Most absentee voters face a November 2, 4:30 p.m. receipt cutoff; designated special categories have different rules. OFF-LA · BP-MAIL · VOTE-MAIL · BP-RETURN · BP-EARLY · VOTE-EARLY

Official state election information and ballot lookup. Military/overseas, emergency, accessible-ballot and special-eligibility rules can differ.

2026 House districts; all outlooks are pre-election assessments.
House district	Outlook	DDHQ / Cook
LA-1	Safe R	Safe R / Safe R DDHQ-H · COOK-H
LA-2	Safe D	Safe D / Safe D DDHQ-H · COOK-H
LA-3	Safe R	Safe R / Safe R DDHQ-H · COOK-H
LA-4	Safe R	Safe R / Safe R DDHQ-H · COOK-H
LA-5	Safe R	Safe R / Safe R DDHQ-H · COOK-H
LA-6	Safe R	Safe R / Safe R DDHQ-H · COOK-H

Conditional runoff

Runoff registration. Registration for this runoff: mail or in person by November 12, 2026; online by November 21, 2026. Confirm method-specific postmark, receipt and eligibility rules in the linked authority’s instructions.

LA · Dec 12 November 28–December 5, excluding Sunday November 29, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

Most voters: received by the registrar by 4:30 p.m. December 11. Special categories differ. Polling hours: 7 a.m.–8 p.m. on Saturday December 12.

Absentee application: Dec 8 at 4:30 p.m.. LA-FORMAT · LA-DATES · LA-JEFFERSON · LA-POWER