Article XI, Louisiana Constitution

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Article XI of the Louisiana Constitution is entitled Elections. It contains six sections.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: Election Code The legislature shall adopt an election code which shall provide for permanent registration of voters and for the conduct of all elections.

Section 2

Text of Section 2: Secret Ballot; Absentee Voting; Preservation of Ballot In all elections by the people, voting shall be by secret ballot. The legislature shall provide a method for absentee voting. Proxy voting is prohibited. Ballots shall be counted publicly and preserved inviolate as provided by law until any election contests have been settled. In all elections by persons in a representative capacity, voting shall be viva-voce.

Section 3

	Text of Section 3: Privilege from Arrest While going to and returning from voting and while exercising the right to vote, an elector shall be privileged from arrest, except for felony or breach of the peace.

Section 4

	Text of Section 4: Prohibited Use of Public Funds No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated to a candidate or political organization. This provision shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination of factual information relative to a proposition appearing on an election ballot.

Section 5

Text of Section 5: Registrar of Voters The governing authority of each parish shall appoint a registrar of voters, in the manner provided by law. The compensation, removal from office for cause, bond, powers, qualifications, and functions of the registrar shall be provided by law. Upon qualifying as a candidate for other public office, a registrar shall forfeit his office. No law shall provide for the removal from office of a registrar by the appointing authority.

Amendments

• Amended on November 8, 2016, via voter approval of Amendment 1.

Section 6

	Text of Section 6: Use of Monies, Goods, or Services for Conduct of Elections; Prohibitions No funds, goods, or services donated by a foreign government or a nongovernmental source shall be used to conduct elections unless provided for in the election code and subject to restrictions provided by general law.

Amendments

• Added on October 14, 2023, via voter approval of Amendment 1.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Louisiana State Senate, "Louisiana Constitution"
• Archives.org, "Louisiana 1812 Constitution"
• Archives.org, "Louisiana Purchase Treaty"
• Louisiana History.org, "Timelines"

Additional reading

• Hargrave, W. Lee (1991). The Louisiana State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press
• Louisiana (1812). Constitution or Form of Government of the State of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana: Jo. Bar. Baird