# Baldone v. Terrebonne Parish Registrar of Voters

> Louisiana Court of Appeal · September 21, 2015 · 2015 La.App. 1 Cir. 1356

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4824434

## Case

- **Full name:** Damon J. BALDONE and Kevin Voisin v. TERREBONNE PARISH REGISTRAR OF VOTERS, Rhonda R. Rogers
- **Court:** Louisiana Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** September 21, 2015
- **Citations:** 2015 La.App. 1 Cir. 1356; 182 So. 3d 1005; 2015 La. App. LEXIS 1797; 2015 WL 5567031
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Guidry
- **Judges:** Drake, Guidry, McDonald, Theriot, Welch
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding because there is no clear and specific right to register to vote under two different parties, the district court did not err in declining to issue a writ of mandamus to order the Registrar to comply with Plaintiff's wishes to register as both Republican and Democrat

## Opinion text

GUIDRY, J.,
concurs.
|¶1 agree with the majority’s conclusion that the district court did not err in denying Mr. Baldone’s petition for writ of mandamus. It appears that a challenge to the processes by which La. R.S. 18:107(B) is implemented would be more properly sought by means of a declaratory judgment action or other ordinary proceeding.
Additionally, I write separately to express my concern that the law does 'not appear to provide guidance to a registrar when a voter’s choice does not fall within the options provided. Here, Mr. Baldone sought to change his registration from one recognized party to two recognized parties; he did not choose “other” — the option’generally provided when a voter wishes to register with a party that has not’ been recognized under La. R.S. 18:441. I question whether or not the registrar had the authority to choose a party designation for him, rather than simply declining to change his registration status.

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