---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:18:1319
citation: "R.S. 18:1319"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 18 › Chapter 7"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2010, number: 624, section: 2, effective_date: 2010-12-31, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2011, number: 195, section: 1, effective_date: 2011-06-24, role: amendment }
---

# Use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot; presidential preference primary, presidential, and congressional elections

A member of the United States Service or a person residing outside the United States who made a timely application to vote absentee by mail as provided in R.S. 18:1307(C) and who did not receive absentee by mail ballots may use the Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot to vote for candidates for presidential nominee, presidential candidates, and congressional candidates. The Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot shall be submitted, processed, and counted in the manner provided in this Chapter.