Over 960K early votes cast in Louisiana, breaking record

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The early voting period has ended in Louisiana with record-breaking numbers.

According to data from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office, over 960,000 residents have already cast their ballots statewide. About 850,000 of the votes cast were in-person and about 110,000 were absentee.

The last day to early vote was Tuesday, Oct. 29.

Below is a list of early voting numbers from the Secretary of State’s Office, as of Wednesday morning (Oct. 30):

CENLA:

• RAPIDES: 22,486
• AVOYELLES: 5,128
• VERNON: 6,950
• GRANT: 2,818
• STATEWIDE: 960,561

From the Secretary of State’s Office:

Secretary of State Nancy Landry announces that Louisiana has broken its previous in-person early voting record set in 2020. Between Oct. 18-29, 849,784 voters cast their ballots early in-person, versus the 817,957 who did so in 2020. In total, 960,561 Louisiana voters cast their ballots ahead of the Nov. 5 election, including absentee ballots returned. Louisiana also broke the single-day in-person record on the final day of early voting, with 103,456 Louisianans voting on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The previous record was 99,004 on the final day of early voting in 2020.

“I’m pleased that so many Louisianans have already made their voices heard in this election,” Sec. Landry said. “Those who did not take advantage of early voting can still vote on Election Day, Nov. 5, between 6 a.m.- 8 p.m.”

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, and the deadline to return an absentee ballot is 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4. Voters are encouraged to download the free Geaux Vote Mobile app or visit GeauxVote.com to find their polling place and view their sample ballot.