{"id":7796,"date":"2020-08-01T22:50:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T22:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/student-access-center\/?page_id=7796"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:23:56","slug":"voter-registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/student-access-center\/voter-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Voter Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7796\" class=\"elementor elementor-7796\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04c2281 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04c2281\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab5cc9c\" data-id=\"ab5cc9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0bf1f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b0bf1f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb2c2bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb2c2bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c769ca\" data-id=\"5c769ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35fc7b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35fc7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xxl\">Voter Registration<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72471c69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72471c69\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b373a8d\" data-id=\"3b373a8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2119d911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2119d911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federal law mandates that all colleges and universities in the country make voter registration forms available to all students attending their institutions who are eligible to vote. The ability to vote in national, state, and local elections is both a privilege and a responsibility.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Note the following guidelines for registering to vote in Louisiana:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">be a U.S. citizen;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">be 17 years old (16 years old if registering in person at the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/voterportal.sos.la.gov\/registrar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registrar of Voters Office<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles), but must be 18 years old to vote;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not be under an order of imprisonment for conviction of a felony or, if under such an order not have been incarcerated pursuant to the order within the last five years and not be under an order of imprisonment related to a felony conviction for election fraud or any other election offense pursuant to <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?d=81430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La. R.S. 18:1461.2<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">not be under a judgment of full interdiction for mental incompetence or partial interdiction with suspension of voting rights;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reside in the state and parish in which you seek to register; and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">must be registered at least 20 days prior to an election if registering through our <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/voterportal.sos.la.gov\/voterregistration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GeauxVote Online Registration System<\/a> <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with a Louisiana driver&#8217;s license or Louisiana special ID card or 30 days prior to an election if registering <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.la.gov\/ElectionsAndVoting\/PublishedDocuments\/ApplicationToRegisterToVote.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in person or by mail<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to be eligible to vote in that particular election. If mailing in an application, the application or envelope must be postmarked 30 days prior to the first election in which you seek to vote.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.la.gov\/ElectionsAndVoting\/Vote\/VoteByMail\/Pages\/MilitaryAndOverseasVoters.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special provisions for military and overseas voters.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ÐÓ°É´«Ã½\u2019s Student Access Center (SAC) encourages all students to register to vote in local, state, and national elections.\u00a0 The SAC is a voter registration location.\u00a0 Please feel free to contact the Student Access Center for assistance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voter Registration Federal law mandates that all colleges and universities in the country make voter registration forms available to all students attending their institutions who are eligible to vote. 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