Kristie Blanched and Frankie Rideaux, deputy registrar of voters in Iberia Parish and Patricia Guidry, registrar of voters in St. Martin Parish, have received the highest professional achievement by the Election Center and are designated as Certified Elections/Registration Administrators.

CERA designation is achieved only through a multi-year course study conducted by The Election Center’s Professional Education Program and completion of 12-core courses taught by the Master’s in Public Administration faculty of Auburn University ranging from ethics, to voter registration and elections, planning communications and voter participation among others.

Obtaining and maintaining CERA status means that they have committed to a career long process of continuing education to improve the electoral process in Louisiana and the nation.

The Professional Education Program is sponsored by The Election Center, a non-profit association of voter registrars and elections administrators throughout America.