§ La. R.S. 18:1303(untitled)

Persons entitled to vote in compliance with this Chapter
A. In person. Any person who is qualified to vote may vote during the early voting period at a place
designated by the registrar as provided in R.S. 18:1309.
B. By mail. The following persons, otherwise qualified to vote, who expect to be out of the parish
on election day, may vote absentee by mail upon meeting the requirements of this Chapter:
(1) A member of the United States Service, as defined in R.S. 18:1302, and his spouse and
dependents.
(2) A student, instructor, or professor in an institution of higher learning located outside the parish
in which he is qualified to vote and who lives outside of said parish by reason thereof, and his spouse and
any dependent accompanying and residing with him.
(3) A minister, priest, rabbi, or other member of the clergy assigned to a religious post outside the
parish in which he is registered and his spouse and any dependents accompanying and residing with him.
(4) A person who is or who expects to be temporarily outside the territorial limits of the state or
absent from the parish in which he is qualified to vote during the early voting period and on election day.
(5) A person who, after the registration books have closed as required by R.S. 18:135, has moved
his residence to another parish and the new residence is more than one hundred miles from the parish seat
of the parish of his former residence, in which case he may vote absentee by mail in the parish of his former
residence.
(6) A person involuntarily confined in an institution for mental treatment outside the parish in which
he is qualified to vote, who is not interdicted and not judicially declared incompetent.
(7) Repealed by