The last day to register to vote in person or by mail in the Oct. 14 Open Primary Election will be Sept. 13.
The deadline for Geaux Vote Online registration is Saturday, Sept. 23.
Regular office hours for the registrar’s office are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The office is located at 568 NW Court Circle (on the courthouse grounds) in Crowley.
The St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters office is St. Landry Parish Courthouse, 118 S. Court St., Suite 114, Opelousas. Office hours also are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Voters may verify their current information by visiting the website geauxvote.com, or call a registrar of voters office. In St. Landry Parish, the registrar’s office number is 337-948-0572. In Acadia Parish, the registrar’s number is 337-788-8841.
Proper identification for registering to vote is one of the following documents: a current Louisiana driver’s license or Identification Card, a birth certificate and/or a Baptismal certificate.
One Oct. 14, voters will be asked to help choose the next state Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of John Kennedy, recently elected to the U.S. Senate.
Candidates include Republicans Angelle Davis, Terry Hughes, Neil Riser and John Schroder; Democrat Derrick Edwards; and Libertarian Joseph D. Little.
Voters also will have a hand in deciding the fate of three proposed Constitutional Amendments that ask:
— Do you support an amendment to exempt from property taxes materials and other property delivered to a construction site to be made part of a building or other construction?
— Do you support an amendment to authorize an exemption from ad valorem property tax for the total assessed value of the homestead of an unmarried surviving spouse of a person who died while performing their duties as an emergency medical responder, technician, paramedic, volunteer firefighter, or a law enforcement or fire protection officer?
— Do you support an amendment that would dedicate any new tax levied on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels into the Construction Subfund, which solely shall be used for project delivery, construction, and maintenance of transportation and capital transit infrastructure projects and not for funding for the payment of employee wages and related benefits or employee retirement benefits?
Early voting for the Oct. 14 election will be Sept. 30, and Oct. 2 through Oct. 7, in the registrar’s office.
For early voting, the registrar’s office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
Proper identification is required during early voting. Voters are urged to bring a current Louisiana driver’s license or identification card and voter identification card.
Voters who require assistance during early voting or when they go to their voting precincts on election day are required to bring a physician’s certificate or excuse stating the reason they need assistance. This document is to be given to the registrar or to the commissioner in charge to be delivered to the registrar.