Voting Info

Attention Indiana and Louisiana Voters

February 14, 2008

INDIANA, LOUISIANA TO HOLD SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS

Both Indiana and Louisiana will be holding Special Congressional Primary Elections for recently vacated Congressional seats.  To determine if your legal residence is in one of these districts, you can click on www.fvap.gov/comm/communicating.html.

Indiana
On Tuesday, March 11, 2008 there will be a special election in the 7th Congressional District of Indiana to fill the seat of Representative Julia M. Carson. 

Voters from the 7th District and have already requested a ballot for the Presidential and State Primary on May 6, 2008 will receive this ballot, and need not take further action.

The Marion County Board of Voter Registration must receive request for absentee ballot not later than Monday, March 3, 2008.

Voters may send the FPCA for ballot request by fax.  After faxing, submit the original FPCA by mail.  At www.fvap.gov/services/tollfree.html#fax, there is a list of toll-free fax numbers you may use.

Indiana allows voters to receive the blank ballot by fax.  Indiana allows you to receive the blank ballot by electronic mail through the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s Electronic Transmission Service, ets@fvap.ncr.gov.

When returned, your ballot will be counted if it arrives at the appropriate board of elections not later than noon, March 11, 2008 for military voters in the U.S., and by noon on March 21, 2008 for voters outside the U.S., if postmarked by election day.  Indiana allows return of the voted ballot by fax, or by electronic mail through the Federal Voting Assistance Program’s Electronic Transmission Service, ets@fvap.ncr.gov.  The message must contain a scanned copy of your signature on a waiver of ballot secrecy.  A transmittal sheet meeting this requirement is available at www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/appendix_b.pdf.

State specific information on your precinct, candidates, elections, and voting is available at the Indiana Election Division website, www.in.gov/sos/elections/.

Louisiana
On Saturday, March 8, 2008 there will be two special primary elections in the state of Louisiana. 

The first closed primary will be in the 1st Congressional District of Louisiana to fill the seat for Representative Bobby Jindal.
The second closed primary will be in the 6th Congressional District of Louisiana to fill the seat for Representative Richard Baker. 

Voters from the 1st or 6th District who have already requested a ballot for the Presidential and State Primary on February 9, 2008 will receive this ballot, and need not take further action.

The Parish Registrar of Voters must receive the request for absentee ballot not later than Friday, March 7, 2008.

Voters may send the FPCA for ballot request by fax.  After faxing, submit the original FPCA by mail.  At www.fvap.gov/services/tollfree.html#fax, there is a list of toll-free fax numbers you may use.

Louisiana allows you to receive the blank ballot by fax.  

When returned, your ballot will be counted if it arrives at the appropriate Parish Registrar of Voters not later than the close of polls on March 8, 2008.  You may return the ballot by fax.  The message must contain a scanned copy of your signature on a waiver of ballot secrecy.  A transmittal sheet meeting this requirement is available at www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag/appendix_b.pdf.

State specific information on your precinct, candidates, elections, and voting is available at the Louisiana Secretary of State website, www.geauxvote.com.