NEW ORLEANS — Gilbert Watts told WWL Louisiana on Monday that it was a top priority for him to cast his ballot early.
“I tried to beat the crowd on the voting day," he said.
It's why he chose to vote at the state's newest temporary early voting site, the Treme Recreational Center. There were no lines when he showed up.
“It’s a steady flow, our other four sites have received quite a bit of traffic,” said Chief Deputy Director Registrar Danielle Duplessis-Hammond.
By the end of Saturday, more than 21,500 voters cast their ballots in Orleans Parish.
“Some people seem to think that it’s not important to vote so I guess they don’t know history. All the advancements we made in the last sixty years [are] because we got the right to vote," said Watts.
Over in Jefferson Parish records were set with more than 23,000 votes cast by the end of early voting day 2.
Duplessis-Hammond says that even though the presidential race is projected to be a tight one across the country, Louisiana is expected to announce election results on election night.
“We do election day a little differently than most states," she said. "We comprise those numbers together on election night again with the parish board of election supervisors and by the close of the polls, roughly some hours after that were able to give the numbers, for the most part.”
In Jefferson Parish, there are six early voting sites and five in Orleans.
Orleans Parish
CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO ST., #1W24
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112-2127
504-658-8300
ALGIERS COURTHOUSE
225 MORGAN ST RM#105
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114
504-658-8323
VOTING MACHINE WAREHOUSE
8870 CHEF MENTEUR HWY
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127
504-658-8300
LAKE VISTA COMMUNITY CENTER
6500 SPANISH FORT BLVD, 2ND FLOOR
MEETING ROOM
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70124
504-658-8300
TREME COMMUNITY CENTER
900 NORTH VILLERE ST
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116
504-658-8300
Jefferson Parish
JOSEPH YENNI PARISH BUILDING
1221 ELMWOOD PARK BLVD., RM 502
HARAHAN, LA 70123
504-736-6191
CHARLES ODOM BUILDING
5001 WEST BANK EXPRESSWAY, SUITE C-2
MARRERO, LA 70072
504-349-5690
GRAND ISLE MULTIPLEX
3101 HWY 1
GRAND ISLE, LA 70358
504-349-5690
WESTBANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
2751 MANHATTAN BLVD.
HARVEY, LA 70058
504-349-5690
EASTBANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
4747 WEST NAPOLEON AVE.
METAIRIE, LA 70001
504-736-6191
MARRERO COMMUNITY CENTER
1861 AMES BLVD
MARRERO, LA 70072
504-349-5690
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