Tangipahoa Parish Clerk of Court

Ask the Clerk


Welcome! Julian Dufreche, Clerk of Court, is pleased to provide this informational link to all the students in the Tangipahoa School System as well as those in private and parochial schools. Included on this page is voter registration information provided by the Registrar of Voters and links to web sites designed just for future young voters. Many students are not aware that as a 17 year old high school senior they may be eligible to serve as a commissioner at the voting precinct.

Commissioners hold an important place in our democracy; they conduct the election at each voting precinct in an orderly fashion, enforce the laws regarding voting and insure that each voter has the opportunity to vote.

The Commissioner-in-Charge is the person supervising the commissioners and guides them through the process of conducting the election. At the end of the day (the polls open at 6AM and close at 8PM) the Commissioners-in-Charge are responsible for delivering the election results for each precinct to the Clerk of Court.

Tangipahoa Parish has 84 voting precincts and generally there are 4 commissioners in each precinct. The Clerk of Court recruits new commissioners in order to have a reserve of fully trained commissioners ready to serve.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AN INSTRUCTIONAL COURSE TO BE HELD FOR PROSPECTIVE (NEW) COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE CLICK HERE.



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    • Do You Know???

    1. What year was Tangipahoa Parish created?
    2. What are the duties of the Clerk of Court?
    3. What is a "Commissioner-in-charge" at the voting precinct?
    4. How many voting precincts do we currently have in Tangipahoa Parish?
    5. Of the following parish officials, which serve a 4 year term, a 6 year term, and which is appointed?
        Clerk of Court
        Sheriff
        District Attorney
        Registrar of Voters
        Parish President
    6. What governmental body makes the above appointment to the office?
    7. What is the length of this appointed term?
    8. Which office in the court house can assist you in applying for a passport?
    9. Tangipahoa Parish is one of three parishes that make up our judicial district, what are the other 2 parishes?
    10. What is our Judicial District called?
    11. Who are the Judges currently serving in this judicial district? And what divisions do they preside over?
    12. Which elected official is responsible for the selection and payment of jurors serving on a jury on the parish level?
    13. Which elected official is the "Chief Elections Officer" of this parish?







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