Approval of reapportionment plan by local election officials

A. Prior to the adoption of any local redistricting or reapportionment plan, a local governing body shall submit the proposed plan to the parish registrar of voters and clerk of court for review. If the local governing body utilizes a demographer to produce the proposed plan, the demographer shall be available to the registrar of voters and clerk of court to conduct their review. If the local governing body utilizes a geographic information system to develop its redistricting plan, it shall submit the proposed plan to the registrar of voters and clerk of court electronically in a geospacial shape file or an ASCII, comma delimited block equivalency import file which indicates the census block assignments in accordance with its redistricting plan. B. (1) The registrar of voters shall review and confirm that each district of the proposed plan assigns all of the geography of the affected area without omission or duplication. If the proposed plan utilizes precincts, the registrar shall confirm the proposed plan utilizes the most current precincts established by the parish governing authority pursuant to R.S. 18:532 and 532.1. (2) The registrar of voters and clerk of court shall review and confirm the ability to conduct an election utilizing the proposed plan.