§ La. R.S. 18:1314(untitled)

Parish board commissioners
A. Qualifications. A parish board commissioner shall be a registered voter of the parish in which
he is selected to serve and shall have the other qualifications of a commissioner as otherwise provided by
law.
B. Selection for primary election. (1) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine the
number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots in
the parish pursuant to R.S. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable. The parish board of election supervisors shall
select a maximum of six such commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the
number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than six, the parish board shall make a
request to the secretary of state for the additional parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his
designee determines that there is a need for the additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall
select the parish board commissioners.
(2) The parish board of election supervisors shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a
primary election and shall select the parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners
for the parish in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners.
If there are not enough certified commissioners to select the appropriate number of parish board
commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners, the board of election supervisors may select a
qualified elector of the parish to serve; however, no such elector shall serve as a parish board commissioner
if a certified commissioner has been selected as an alternate parish board commissioner.
(3) Parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners shall be issued
commissions, take the oath of office, be replaced, and be disqualified, all in the manner provided by law for
commissioners and alternate commissioners.
C. Selection for general election. (1)(a) The parish board of election supervisors shall determine
if the number of parish board commissioners necessary to count the absentee by mail and early voting ballots
in the general election pursuant to R.S. 18:1313 or 1313.1, as applicable, can be reduced or should be
increased from the number which counted absentee by mail and early voting ballots in the primary election.
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(b) If it determines that the number cannot be reduced or should be increased, those persons who
served as parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners for the parish in the primary
election shall serve in the general election, unless replaced or disqualified in the manner provided by law for
commissioners and alternate commissioners. If the parish board of election supervisors determines that the
number of parish board commissioners should be increased to more than the number of such commissioners
who served in the primary election, the parish board shall make a request to the secretary of state for the
parish board commissioners. If the secretary of state or his designee determines that there is a need for the
additional parish board commissioners, the parish board shall select the additional parish board
commissioners.
(2)(a) If the parish board determines that the number of parish board commissioners can be reduced,
it shall notify each person who served as a parish board commissioner or alternate parish board commissioner
in the primary election of its decision to reduce the number of parish board commissioners and of the date
and time of the meeting to select the parish board commissioners for the general election. The parish board
shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before a general election and shall select the parish board
commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners to serve in the general election for the parish.
(b)(i) The parish board shall prepare a list containing the names of all persons who served as parish
board commissioners in the primary election. The parish board commissioners and alternate parish board
commissioners for the general election shall be selected from that list in the manner provided by law for the
selection of commissioners and alternate commissioners. The parish board commissioners so chosen shall
then serve as needed for the general election.
(ii) If the list does not contain sufficient names to select the number of parish board commissioners
and alternate parish board commissioners determined by the board to be needed for the general election, the
board shall fill any remaining alternate commissioner positions from a list of those persons who were
selected as alternate parish board commissioners for the primary election, such list to be prepared and the
selection made in the same manner provided in this Section for selection of parish board commissioners for
the general election.
(3) If the parish board and the secretary of state or his designee determine that the number of parish
board commissioners should be increased, the parish board shall meet at 10:00 a.m. on the fifth day before
a general election and shall select the additional parish board commissioners and alternate parish board
commissioners to serve in the general election for that parish from the list of certified commissioners who
have not been chosen to serve in the general election as a commissioner-in-charge, commissioner, or, if
applicable, parish board commissioner in the manner provided by law for the selection of commissioners and
alternate commissioners. If there are not enough certified commissioners to select the appropriate number
of parish board commissioners and alternate parish board commissioners, the board of election supervisors
may select a qualified elector of the parish to serve; however, no such elector shall serve as a parish board
commissioner if a certified commissioner has been selected as an alternate parish board commissioner.
D. Selection for provisional ballot counting for a primary or general election. (1) The parish board
of election supervisors shall determine if parish board commissioners are necessary to assist the board in
counting and tabulating provisional ballots in the parish. If necessary, the parish board of election
supervisors shall select the number of parish board commissioners and present the number of parish board
commissioners to the secretary of state for approval, either in writing or by telephone.
(2) Upon approval by the secretary of state or his designee, the parish board of election supervisors
shall appoint the approved number of parish board commissioners for assistance to the board in counting and
tabulating the provisional ballots.
(3) Parish board commissioners for provisional ballot counting shall meet the qualifications set forth
in Subsection A of this Section and shall be issued commissions, take the oath of office, be replaced, and be
disqualified, all in the same manner as provided for by law for commissioners and alternate commissioners.
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E. Compensation. A parish board commissioner who serves on election day or during the counting
and tabulating of provisional ballots shall receive fifty dollars or one hundred dollars for each day he serves
as provided below:
(1) He shall receive one hundred dollars for elections for which the secretary of state has approved
such compensation. The secretary of state may provide such approval upon application by the parish board
of election supervisors when it is reasonably expected that a large number of persons will vote prior to
election day.
(2) He shall receive fifty dollars for elections other than those provided for in Paragraphs (1) and
(3) of this Subsection.
(3) For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial
declaration of an emergency, upon application of the parish board of election supervisors, the secretary of
state may approve the payment of up to one hundred dollars per election or each day of assistance, if
applicable, as compensation to each commissioner in addition to compensation otherwise provided for in this
Subsection.
F. For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any gubernatorial
proclamation declaring a state of emergency, if a parish board of election supervisors determines that there
is a parishwide shortage of parish board commissioners because a significant number of parish board
commissioners have been temporarily displaced due to such emergency, the board may submit a written
request to the secretary of state for additional parish board commissioners from other parishes in the same
manner as provided in R.S. 18:425(A)(4). Approval, selection, training, and reimbursement of expenses of
such parish board commissioners shall be in the same manner as provided in R.S. 18:425(A)(4). Nothing
in Subsection A of this Section shall prohibit a parish board commissioner from serving in another parish
pursuant to this Subsection.