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Louisiana Attorney General Reports

Decided October 19, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

Dear Mr. Burton:

We are in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's opinion regarding the proper advice the Board of Election Supervisors of Caddo Parish should give election workers and the general public on the matter of assistance in voting. You seek an opinion on the following questions:

1. When a voter wishes to vote and states that he is handicapped and will need assistance in voting but has not provided a physician's certificate to the Registrar of Voters prior to election day and does not have the physician's certificate for presentation to the commissioner at the polls, may…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Pope v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. City of Shreveport v. PedroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  4. Nelson v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. Executive Committee of Democratic PartyDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1966

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