Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 31 - ELECTIONS
Part I - Election Process
Chapter 5 - Election Night Transmission of Results
Section I-505 - Transmission of Election Night Returns

A. T he clerk of court's office shall immediately load the contents of election results cartridges onto the Department of State's laptop as they are received by the clerk of court. Once all of the cartridges for a whole precinct are loaded onto the laptop, the clerk of court's office shall immediately transmit the election results to the Louisiana Secretary of State's Elections and Registration Information Network (ERIN) and verify that the system is properly transmitting election results. The clerk of court may verify by checking ERIN and/or the Secretary of State's website (www.GeauxVote.com) for the posting of the first transmission of election returns, or by telephoning the department's election division.

B. Once it has been verified that the first transmission was successful, the clerk of court shall transmit all remaining election results to the Department of State at least every 30 minutes or less, until all election results cartridges have been loaded and transmitted according to transmittal procedures established by the department.

C. The transmission of election results shall begin no later than 45 minutes after the polls are closed unless there is a technical or unforeseen problem which prevents the clerk of court from doing so, in which case the clerk shall contact the department to communicate such information.

D. If the clerk of court's office has its own computer system to display election results, the results shall be loaded onto that system only after the information has been properly transmitted to the department, and such results shall be displayed and clearly identified as the unofficial results of the clerk of court. However, in the event of a technical or unforeseen problem which prevents the clerk of court from transmitting election results to the department, after communicating such information to the department, the clerk may display election results on his own computer system.

E. Any election results posted in the clerk of court's office obtained or displayed from of the Department of State's webpage or ERIN shall be clearly identified as the Department of State's unofficial results.

F. The clerk of court shall check ERIN and/or the Secretary of State's website (www.GeauxVote.com) for the posting of the election returns in their parish to verify that all precincts are posted, with 100 percent reporting before closing their office for the evening. Each race must show all precincts reporting prior to ending the transmission process. The clerk of court should contact the Department of State before leaving for the night.