By Danielle Coston
The New Orleans Tribune
Registered voters across the state, including those in Orleans Parish, can head to the polls starting Tuesday, Oct. 25 through Tuesday, Nov. 1 to vote early in the Nov. 8 congressional primary.
Early voting takes place from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. each day, with the exception of Sunday, Oct. 30. Early voting locations in Orleans Parish include:
City Hall
1300 Perdido Street, Room 1W24
Algiers Courthouse
225 Morgan Street, Room 105
Chef Menteur Voting Machine Warehouse Site
8870 Chef Menteur Highway
Lake Vista Community Center
6500 Spanish Fort Blvd.
Voters also have until 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 to request an absentee ballot online through the Voter Portal or in writing through your Registrar of Voters Office. The deadline for a registrar of voters to receive a voted absentee ballot is by Monday, Nov. 7 by 4:30 p.m.
Not only will voters be deciding on one of Louisiana’s U.S. senate seats along with congressional district races, several local and statewide judgeships are also on the ballot.
In Orleans Parish, voters Orleans Parish School Board District 1, will also elect a school board member to replace John Brown, who resigned earlier this years.
Additionally, a slew of state constitutional amendments are also on the ballot as well as a proposed home rule charter change for the City of New Orleans. To read The New Orleans Tribune recommendations on the constitutional amendments and home rule charter change, click here.
To read our endorsements in contested races on the ballot, click here.