§107. Party affiliation not required for registration; change in party affiliation
A. An applicant need not be a member of a political party or declare a party
affiliation in order to be registered, but in such case the words "no party" or an abbreviation
thereof on the application form shall be circled.
B. A registrant may change his party affiliation by making application therefor in
writing to the registrar. When he receives the request, the registrar shall note the political
party designated by the registrant and the date of the change in the registrant's information
on the state voter registration computer system and, if the original application is available in
hard copy in the registrar's office, on the original application form.
C. If a registrant has registered without declaration of party affiliation and afterwards
desires to affiliate with a party, he shall make written application therefor to the registrar, and
the registrar shall enter in the registrant's information on the state voter registration computer
system and, if the original application is available in hard copy in the registrar's office, on the
original application form, the party the registrant selects and the date of the change.
D. If a registrant has registered with a declaration of party affiliation and afterwards
desires to affiliate with no party, he shall make written application therefor to the registrar,
and the registrar shall enter in the registrant's information on the state voter registration
computer system and, if the original application is available in hard copy in the registrar's
office, on the original application form, the words "no party" or an abbreviation thereof and
the date of the change.
E. The provisions of Subsections B, C, and D of this Section, relative to party
affiliation, shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 18:135(B).
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections B and C of this Section, a
registrant shall not be designated as being affiliated with more than one party at the same
time.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 544, §1, eff.
Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 2009, No. 186, §2, eff. June
29, 2009; Acts 2012, No. 533, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 176, §1, eff. June 14,
2017.