Local officials must send the voter registrar a certified report when street names or building numbers change, and the registrar must update voter address records and mail notice in specified cases.
§201. Change of address caused by action of a parish or municipal governing authority; use of information furnished by U.S. Postal Service A. When the governing authority of a parish or municipality renames a street or road, or assigns a name to a previously unnamed street or road, or reassigns numbers of buildings or lots on a street or road, or assigns numbers to previously unnumbered buildings or lots on a street or road, the governing authority shall transmit a certified report of such action to the registrar of voters of the parish in accordance with the provisions of Subsection B of this Section. B.(1) The report shall include but not be limited to: (a) The prior name and new name of the street or road which was renamed. (b) The prior official designation and new name of the road or street to which a name has been assigned. (c) The prior numbers and new numbers of dwellings on roads or streets on which the dwellings have been renumbered. (d) The prior designation, if any, and new numbers of previously unnumbered dwellings on a street or road assigned numbers. (2) The information required by this Section shall be arranged in a format which will allow the registrar to correlate the name of each occupant with the previous address of such person prior to the action of the governing authority and the new address assigned by the governing authority. (3) The information required by this Section shall be complete through the date of transmittal to the registrar, which shall be not later than the tenth day after the changes in names of streets or roads or numbers of dwellings become effective. C.(1) When the registrar determines from the reports required by this Section that the address of a voter has been changed by action of the governing authority of a parish or municipality and that the change was not caused by a change in the place of residence of the voter, the registrar may change the registration records of each voter affected by such action of the governing authority for the sole purpose of correcting the address of the voter on those records. (2) The registrar may make the changes authorized by this Subsection without authorization of the voter, but notice of such change shall be mailed to the voter not later than ten days after the change is made. D.(1) The registrar may solicit and receive information relative to rural route changes, number changes, and other address changes imposed by action of local authorities of the United States Postal Service. When the information received from the United States Postal Service indicates that the address of a voter has been changed by action of the postal authority or for any reason except by a change in the place of residence of the voter, the registrar shall change the registration records of the voter affected for the sole purpose of correcting the address of the voter on those records. (2) The registrar may make the change authorized by this Subsection without authorization of the voter, but notice of the change shall be mailed to the voter not later than ten days after the change is made. E. The registrar may solicit and receive information from the United States Postal Service relative to address changes caused by a change in the place of residence of the voter. Upon receipt of any address change furnished by the United States Postal Service under the provisions of this Subsection, the registrar shall follow the procedure set forth in R.S. 18:198. Added by Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.