March 2025 Open Municipal Primary Election Early Voting Begins

View the March 29, 2025 Election Quick Facts for detailed information about this election.

To read the Constitutional Amendments for the March 29, 2025 election, CLICK HERE.

Our Elections Hotline Number is 1.800.883.2805.

March 29, 2025 - Municipal Primary Election

The following is important information for the Saturday, March 29, 2025 Municipal Primary Election:

• The qualifying period for candidates is January 29-31. Local and municipal candidates qualify with the clerk of court in the parish in which they are registered to vote (contact your local clerk of court for office hours). Federal and state candidates qualify at the Secretary of State's office located at 8585 Archives Ave. in Baton Rouge between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Qualifying fees must be paid in the form of cash; certified or cashier's check on a state or national bank or credit union; U.S. postal money order; or money order issued by a state or national bank or credit union and must be accompanied by the qualifying form.
• The deadline to register to vote in person, by mail or at the OMV Office is February 26.    
• The deadline to register to vote through the GeauxVote Online Registration System is March 8.
• Early voting is March 15-22 (excluding Sunday, March 16) from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
• The deadline to request an absentee ballot is March 25 by 4:30 p.m (other than military and overseas voters). You can request an absentee ballot online through our Voter Portal or in writing through your Registrar of Voters Office.
• The deadline for a registrar of voters to receive a voted absentee ballot is March 28 by 4:30 p.m. (other than military and overseas voters).
• On election day, the polls are open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m.