STATEMENT ON MAY 16 ELECTION NIGHT TURNOUT DATA
BATON ROUGE, La. — The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office is advising the public and members of the media that voter turnout percentages for the Saturday, May 16 election will not be immediately available following the close of polls.
Election results will continue to be reported election night as normal. Only voter turnout percentages will be delayed.
Under normal circumstances, voter turnout information is viewable almost immediately after polls close in real time on GeauxVote.com. However, recent changes to Louisiana’s closed party primary system, enacted by the 2024 Legislature, have created additional reporting steps that will temporarily delay turnout reporting.
With Louisiana’s new closed party primary system, voters registered as No Party may choose to participate in the Democratic primary, the Republican primary, or not participate in a closed party primary race.
Because of this, all parish registrars of voters must complete their work in giving each voter credit for voting in the election, identifying which ballot choice each No Party voter made. This may take up to two weeks to process those ballot choices.
All election results and turnout information will continue to be made available through GeauxVote.com as information is finalized and verified.
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