Louisiana Voter Registration/Education Crusade, Inc. v. Office of the Registrar of Voters for the Parish of Orleans

GULOTTA, Chief Judge.

This matter is before us on certiorari granted by this court on August 3, 1987.

Plaintiff-relators seek to enjoin the Registrar of Voters from conducting an annual canvass and purge of the voting rolls of Wards 8 and 9 in Orleans Parish until after the November 21, 1987 general election.1 The trial judge denied relators’ request for injunctive relief.

In performing the canvass, the Registrar mails printed cards to the names and addresses of the persons registered on the voting records. Those persons whose cards are returned undelivered as addressed are then sent a second…