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Dear Ms. Quienalty:

Your request for an Attorney General's opinion regarding the voter registration application of an incarcerated individual has been assigned to me for research and reply. Your letter states that you received a mail voter registration application from Wilbert Rideau and that Mr. Rideau's prior conviction was overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Mr. Rideau has been remanded to the Calcasieu Correctional Facility awaiting a new trial date. You also included a copy of a letter from District Attorney Rick Bryant indicating his position as to…