Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's very interesting. I have actually done so many of these elections. In a presidential year especially, the kids hear their parents and everybody talking about the election, and they feel as if they are a part of it when they're not voting for just something to do with their s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The registrars and clerks in each parish of the State of Louisiana are very well aware of this service. Sometimes the entities get in contact with the registrar or clerk of court, or sometimes they'll call us directly. It's on our website. We list it on our website, and then if y

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say that with the high schools, at the end of the election, that's a big part of it. Everybody sits down at the table and fills out their voter registration card, so I do believe that it's a huge influence with the high schools. For the younger kids, they know when Janua

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For a presidential or gubernatorial, we'll have between 40% and 60%, or something like that, depending on what's on the ballot. In general, with the spring election cycle.... This past spring we had a 12% turnout. It was very low. That is propositions, municipals, and things like

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm the elections commissioner, but I'd love to be the outreach director. That's one of my favourite things. A little while ago, we started doing union elections, a state police election, or anything that is what we call a private election to get people to use the equipment. Whi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you mean for registration, the 16—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We may be able to track that. I could look at that for you. An idea would be to ask, actually, the person who was the commissioner prior to me. I took office in August of last year, but I've been in elections since in 1986. I asked the person who was in place before me whether s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The youth vote is much lower. I mean, it's drastically lower. I would say that overall our youth vote is probably around 20%. It's really rough. We try, try, try to get people to go out and vote, and it's difficult. For clarification, the law for the people who are 16 was passe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In Louisiana, we have a separate division—it's not part of my department—with regard to campaign finance. It's called the Office of Campaign Finance. That is how all of the rules and guidelines are provided to each candidate when they qualify in the state, and they have to abide

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. It's 16.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's if they would like to be. Let's say your parent went in to register, you went with them, and you wanted to be put on the list. You'd fill out your information with the office of the registrar of voters. Each parish has a registrar of voters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's just the young person signing up. You don't need to have a parent or guardian with you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. They're not added to our.... We have a system called the ERIN system. It's our voter registration system. You're not added to the ERIN system until the date when you are actually eligible to vote. In terms of documentation, if somebody asks for a commercial list of voters tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it's only been for two years. I'd have to get back to you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Sure. To our knowledge, we haven't had any problems or issues. There's been nothing like that.