VOTE! or you have no right to complain…
The following is important info (thanks to The New Orleans Network for providing it!) for all registered voters in New Orleans:
A Spattering of Voter Guides:
Some places to go for information about candidates and/or some folks’ notions of who should get your vote.
- League of Pissed Off Voters: http://indyvoter.org/voterguide.php?id=88
- Jeremiah Group Candidate Scorecard: click on May 20 at http://neworleansnetwork.org/?q=event/2006/05/18/month
- League of Women Voters: www.lwvno.org/ElectionGuide.html
- ACLU of Louisiana: www.laaclu.org/News/2006/aclu_publishes_votersMarch2006
- Nola.com (with endorsements from The Times-Picayune) www.nola.com/elections
- Gambit Weekly: www.bestofneworleans.com
Voting Tools
Louisiana Secretary of State elections page www.sec.state.la.us/elections/elections-index.htm#voting has lots of information about voting, including a polling place locater that will tell you where to go vote and generate a sample ballot
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Call Louisiana Secretary of State Elections Division: 1.800.883.2805 (M-F 7am-7pm)
Some Basics:
Poll Hours: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Forms of ID: A generally accepted photo ID is strongly encouraged but not required at the polls. Voters who have no picture ID can bring a utility bill, payroll check or government document that includes their name and address. Voters presenting non-photo forms of ID will have to sign an affidavit furnished by the Elections Division in order to vote.