BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Louisiana has broken the previous personal record for early voting set in 2020.
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office announced between October 18 and 29 that a total of 849,784 voters cast early in-person ballots, up from 817,957 who did so in 2020.
A total of 960,561 voters in Louisiana cast ballots before the Nov. 5 election, including returned ballots.
Louisiana also broke its single-day personal record on the final day of early voting, with 103,456 Louisianans voting on Tuesday, October 29. The previous record was 99,004 on the last day of early voting in 2020.
Below is a list of early voting numbers from the Secretary of State’s Office, as of Wednesday morning (October 30):
- Ascension: 34,905
- East Baton Rouge: 93,169
- East Feliciana: 5,125
- Iberville: 5,316
- Pointe Coupee: 5,043
- West Baton Rouge: 7,697
- West Feliciana: 3,371
- ABOUT THE STATE: 960,561
(VIEW EARLY VOTERERS IN OTHER PARISHES HERE)
Officials confirmed that the deadline to request an absentee ballot is Friday, November 1 at 4:30 PM, and the deadline to return an absentee ballot is Monday, November 4 at 4:30 PM.
Voters are encouraged to download or visit the free Geaux Vote Mobile app GeauxVote.com to find their polling place and view their sample ballot.
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