§ La. R.S. 18:1309.1(untitled)

Preparation of machines for early voting; examination by candidate or his representative;
sealing machines
A. At the time of qualifying, the parish custodian shall notify each candidate to contact the registrar
of voters for the time and place at which the voting machines will be prepared for early voting. The registrar
of voters shall post at his office adequate notice of the date, time, and place at which the voting machines
will be prepared for early voting and shall post the same information on his office's website, if possible. The
candidate or his representative may be present to observe the preparation and testing of the machines by the
registrar of voters with the assistance of the secretary of state's technicians and to observe the sealing of the
machines by the registrar of voters in the presence of the parish board of election supervisors. Each
candidate or his representative shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to view the test vote tape for each
machine to see that they are in the proper condition for use in the election, which opportunity shall not be
less than thirty minutes beginning at the time designated by the registrar of voters to begin preparation of the
machines for sealing. However, no candidate, representative, or citizen shall interfere with the registrar of
voters, secretary of state's technicians, parish board of election supervisors, or any employee or technician
or assume any of their duties.
B. Each candidate or representative shall identify to the registrar of voters the candidate whom he
is representing. In addition, any citizen of this state may be present to observe the preparation, testing, and
sealing of the machines by the registrar of voters and the secretary of state's technicians and shall be afforded
an opportunity to inspect the test vote tape for each machine to see that they are in proper condition for use
for early voting.
C. After the machines have been examined by each candidate, representative, or citizen who is
present, the registrar of voters and secretary of state's technicians shall generate a zero tally to ensure that
the voting machine's public counter is set at zero and that no votes have been cast for any candidate or for
or against any proposition. The registrar of voters and the parish board of election supervisors shall then seal
the voting machine.
D. The registrar of voters and the secretary of state's technicians shall record the public and
protective counter numbers for each early voting machine on a form prepared by the secretary of state for
use in verifying the early voting results on election day.
E. The preparation, testing, inspecting, sealing, and locking of the machines shall not be video,
audio, or tape recorded, filmed, or broadcast live.