§426.1. Election commissioners; compensation
A. Each commissioner who serves at the polling place on election day shall be paid
according to the following:
(1) A commissioner-in-charge shall receive two hundred fifty dollars.
(2) A commissioner-in-charge who serves at more than one precinct shall receive
three hundred fifty dollars.
(3) A commissioner who has received a certificate of instruction, as provided in R.S.
18:431(A), shall receive one hundred dollars.
(4) A commissioner who has received a certificate of instruction, as provided in R.S.
18:431(B), shall receive two hundred dollars.
(5) An uncertified commissioner shall receive thirty-five dollars.
B. For an election held within one year following the date of the issuance of any
gubernatorial declaration of an emergency, upon application of a parish board of election
supervisors, the secretary of state may approve payment of up to one hundred dollars per
election or each day of assistance, if applicable, as compensation to each commissioner in
addition to compensation provided for in Subsection A of this Section.
Acts 2004, No. 693, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 254, §1, eff. July 1, 2007;
Acts 2007, No. 297, §1; Acts 2020, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 11, §1, eff. Oct. 27, 2020; Acts 2022,
No. 423, §1.