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Article: Mailing Deadline Approaches for Ballots in New Orleans Parish Elections.
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- April 13, 2006
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U.S. Postal Service Suggests Completed Ballots be Mailed by April 17
WASHINGTON, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. Postal Service official today encouraged New Orleans residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita to mail completed absentee election ballots by Monday.
For the April 22 Orleans municipal election, absentee ballots must be received by the Orleans registrar's office or the Secretary of State's Office by April 21. These ballots should be mailed by Monday, April 17, to be delivered on time. Some new laws provide for a one day extension of these deadlines.
"We realize that a percentage of Louisiana voters will vote by absentee ...