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Dear Ms. LeJeune:

Your request for an Attorney General's Opinion regarding absentee affidavits has been assigned to me for research and reply. Your question is as follows:

Pursuant to R.S. 18:1309(E)(2), is it legal for the Registrar of Voters or one of her deputies to fill out the absentee affidavit at the request of the voter prior to the voter retiring to the voting booth to cast his or her ballot?

R.S. 18:1309(E)(2) provides for the registrar to hand to the voter the ballot, ballot envelope, and the certificate, and for the voter to sign the precinct register prior to executing the absentee…