As the November 5 Presidential Election rapidly approaches, Winn Registrar of Voters Bryan Kelley reminds residents that Early Voting will get underway in just two days.

Early Voting will begin in the Registrar of Voters Office in the Winn Parish Courthouse on Friday, October 18, and continue through Tuesday, October 29, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.  Note that the office will be closed those two Sundays, October 20 and 27.  Voters should enter the courthouse through the Main Street door.  

Kelley recommends that residents download the GeauxVote app which allows voters to view their sample ballot and monitor results on Election Night.

Sample ballots are also posted on the wall outside the Registrar of Voters Office.

Voters are reminded that all Absentee-by-Mail ballots must be received in the Registrar of Voters Office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 4.  The deadline to request an Absentee-by-Mail ballot is November 1.  However, the Registrar strongly advises that you request a ballot as soon as possible to ensure there is time to receive and return that ballot.  

Voters will have the opportunity to select their choice for President and Vice President of the United States. The Republican ticket offers Donald Trump and “JD” Vance.  The Democratic ticket offers Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.  

Voters can also look for presidential and vice presidential candidates in the Green Party; the Libertarian Party; American Solidarity Party; the Constitution Party; the Godliness, Truth, Justice Party; the Justice For All Party; the Socialism and Liberation Party; the Socialist Workers Party; and the We The People Party.  

Also on the ballot is the race for Congressional Representative.  Due to redistricting, Winn is no longer in the eastern District 5 where Julia Letlow (R) is incumbent but now in the northern District 4 where House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) is incumbent.  He faces a challenge by Joshua Morott (R).  

Two names will be on the ballot for Justice of the Peace District 8:  William Walker (D) and Ian McLaren (R).  But Kelley reports that McLaren has withdrawn from that race, although too late to have his name pulled from the ballot.  

Finally there will be a Louisiana Constitutional Amendment (No. 1) offered for voter approval.  That amendment would require federal revenues received by the state, generated from Outer Continental Shelf alternative or renewal energy production, be deposited into the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund.