Louisiana state legislative primaries, 2019

Elections in Louisiana, 2019

• Primary: Oct. 12
• General election: Nov. 16
• Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16 (in-person and mail) or Oct. 26 (online)
• Early voting: Nov. 2-Nov. 9
• Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 15

• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Voter ID: Photo ID required
• Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m (7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for elections that fall on a Saturday)

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2019 Louisiana State Legislature elections
General	November 16, 2019
Primary	October 12, 2019

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Primary elections for seats in the Louisiana State Senate and the Louisiana House of Representatives were on October 12, 2019. The general election was on November 16, 2019. The candidate filing deadline was August 8, 2019. In the state Senate, all 39 seats were up for election. In the state House, all 105 seats were up for election.

Partisan control

The tables below show the partisan breakdowns of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana State Senate as of October 2019:

Louisiana State Senate

Party		As of October 2019
	Democratic Party	14
	Republican Party	25
Total		39

Louisiana House of Representatives

Party		As of October 2019
	Democratic Party	39
	Republican Party	60
	Independent	5
	Vacancies	1
Total		105

Voter information

How the primary works

Louisiana does not conduct typical primary elections. Instead, all candidates running for a local, state, or federal office appear on the same ballot in either October (in odd-numbered years) or November (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. If a candidate wins a simple majority of all votes cast for the office (i.e., 50 percent, plus one vote), he or she wins the election outright. If no candidate meets that threshold, the top two finishers advance to a second election in either November (in odd-numbered years) or December (in even-numbered years), regardless of their partisan affiliations. In that election, the candidate who receives the greatest number of votes wins. Ballotpedia refers to Louisiana's electoral system as the Louisiana majority-vote system. It is also commonly referred to as a jungle primary. Because it is possible for a candidate to win election in the first round of voting, Louisiana's nominating contest is not a traditional primary.

Note: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed HB17 into law by on Jan. 22, 2024, creating closed partisan primaries and primary runoffs for Congress, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Louisiana Supreme Court beginning in 2026.

Poll times

In Louisiana, polls are open from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Central time for Tuesday elections. For Saturday elections, polls open at 7:00 a.m. If the polls close while a voter is in line, he or she will still be permitted to vote.

Registration requirements

Check your voter registration status here.

To vote in Louisiana, one must provide documentary proof of United States citizenship and be a resident of the state and parish in which they register. A voter must be at least 18 years old by Election Day.

Registration completed via mail or in person must occur at least 30 days before Election Day. Registration completed online must occur at least 20 days before Election Day. Registrants must present a valid form of identification to register. Pre-registration is available beginning at age 16.

Voters may register in person at any Registrar of Voters office or any of the following places:

• Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles
• Louisiana Department of Social Services
• WIC offices
• Food stamp offices
• Medicaid offices
• Offices and agencies serving people with disabilities
• Military recruitment offices

Automatic registration

Louisiana does not practice automatic voter registration.

Online registration

See also: Online voter registration

Louisiana has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Same-day registration

Louisiana does not allow same-day voter registration.

Residency requirements

Louisiana law requires 20 days of residency in the state before a person may vote.

Verification of citizenship

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

Louisiana state law requires a voter registration applicant to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. As of June 2025, the state had not implemented the requirement.

All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment. Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.

Verifying your registration

The site Geaux Vote, run by the Louisiana Secretary of State office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.

Early voting

Louisiana permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.

Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.

Absentee voting

The following individuals are eligible to vote absentee in Louisiana:

1. Senior citizens, 65 years of age or older
2. Voters who expect to be temporarily absent from the state or their parish during the early voting period and on election day
3. Offshore workers
4. Residents of nursing homes, veterans' homes, or hospitals
5. Students, instructors, or professors (as well as their spouses and dependents) who are living outside of their parish
6. Ministers, priests, rabbis, or other members of the clergy who are assigned outside of their parish
7. Voters who moved more than 100 miles from the seat of their former parish within 30 days of an election
8. Voters who are involuntarily confined to a mental institution and have not been judicially declared incompetent
9. Voters who expect to be hospitalized on Election Day
10. Incarcerated voters who have not been convicted of a felony
11. Participants in the secretary of state's Address Confidentiality Program
12. Sequestered jurors

See also

• Louisiana House of Representatives elections, 2019
• Louisiana State Senate elections, 2019
• Louisiana State Legislature
• Louisiana elections, 2019