Commissioner-In-Charge Information

Public Notice to Lafayette Parish Citizens

If you would like to take the Commissioner-In-Charge Training and Testing online click the following link:

Elections Commissioner-In-Charge Online Training and Testing

Once you have completed the online training and testing, please print and mail your certification to Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court, Attn:  Alaina Richard, P.O. Box 2009, Lafayette, LA 70502 or email your certification to Alaina.Richard@lpclerk.com.

THESE TESTS ARE FOR
CURRENT COMMISSIONERS-IN-CHARGE
AND
QUALIFIED/CERTIFIED COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE INTERESTED

IN BECOMING COMMISSIONERS-IN-CHARGE.


QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

You must possess all the qualifications of an election commissioner as listed in R. S. 18:425 of the Election Code, in addition to the following:

  1. All prospective Commissioners-In-Charge must successfully complete a course of instruction either in person or online at least once a year in accordance with R.S. 18:424 of the Election Code.

  2. You must be a certified Commissioner HAVING SERVED IN AT LEAST TWO (2) ELECTIONS during the last four (4) years.

If more information is needed, call the Election Department at 291-6368.

Names of Commissioners-In-Charge for 2025 will be drawn at random by the Board of Election Supervisors at 10:00 AM on Friday, January 10, 2025, in the Pelican Room on the 2nd Floor, Clerk of Court Office.

PLEASE NOTE:
CAMERA PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE LAFAYETTE PARISH COURTHOUSE


Election Information

Camera phones are not permitted in the Lafayette Parish Courthouse.

For further information about the Election Department call
(337) 291-6368.