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Early voting has ended, here are the final numbers

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Posted at 11:05 AM, Oct 05, 2023
and last updated 2023-10-09 10:09:25-04

Early voting for the October 14 gubernatorial primary has ended, and the numbers show that almost 12 percent of the state's registered voters have cast their ballots early.

Now that early voting is over, if you haven't cast your ballot you will need to do it on election day, October 14.
If you want to see what's on your ballot, click here. If you need to find where to vote - and lots of precincts have changed recently - you can click here.

To see the numbers for all parishes, scroll down.

Statewide, 344,878 people cast their ballots early, according to the Secretary of State's Office. That's a little less than 12 percent of the state's 2.9 million registered voters.

Here are the breakdowns for Acadiana's parishes:

Acadia Parish: Records show that 3,760 of the parish's 38,756 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 10 percent.

Calcasieu Parish: Records show 12,063 of the parish's 125,162 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 10 percent.

Evangeline Parish: Records show 2,075 of the parish's 21,225 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 10 percent.

Iberia Parish: Records show that 5,525 of the parish's 45,359 registered voters cast ballots early. That's 12 percent.

Jefferson Davis Parish: Records show that 3,175 of the parish's 20,431 registered voters cast ballots early. That's a little over 15 percent.

Lafayette Parish: Records show that 17,174 of the parish's 157,429 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 11 percent.

St. Landry Parish: Records show that 5,447 of the parish's 57,472 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 9 percent.

St. Martin Parish: Records show that 5,622 of the parish's 36,539 registered voters cast ballots since early. That's about 15 percent.

St. Mary Parish: Records show that 3,839 of the parish's 31,614 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 12 percent.

Vermilion Parish: Records show that 4,673 of the parish's 37,805 registered voters cast ballots early. That's about 12 percent.

The Louisiana parishes with the most registered voters are East Baton Rouge, Jefferson and Orleans. Here's how their early voting numbers look:

In East Baton Rouge, 35,953 of the parish's 285,467 voters cast ballots. That's almost 13 percent.
In Jefferson, 24,312 of the parish's 269,604 voters cast ballots. That's about 9 percent.
In Orleans, 19,974 of the parish's 263,952 voters cast ballots. That's about 8 percent.

Here are the full statistics: