Louisiana Election Code
La. Laws div. RS, tit. 18
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section18:1. Short title; citationsection18:2. Definitionssection18:3. Petitions submitted to registrars of voterssection18:4. Witness requirementssection18:16. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.section18:17. Blanksection18:18. Secretary of state; powers and dutiessection18:18.1. Political activities prohibitedsection18:18.2. Certain political activities prohibited; secretary of statesection18:19. Contracts for storage of voting machines; public bid; negotiationsection18:20. Contracts for a signature digitization/verification systemsection18:21. Maps; use of voting machines, technology, and other resources; fees; Voting Technology Fundsection18:22. Blanksection18:23. State Board of Election Supervisorssection18:24. Powers and duties; authority to intervene in actionssection18:25. Annual reportssection18:26. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 831, §2.section18:27. Political activities prohibitedsection18:31. State voter registration computer system; parish computer systemsection18:41. Louisiana Elections Integrity; administration of Partsection18:42. powersection18:43. Investigations and hearings; certain electionssection18:44. Contesting election; referral for prosecutionsection18:45. Limitations on powers and duties of boardsection18:46. Annual reportssection18:47. Staff; assistance to boardsection18:49.1. Division of election integrity; powers and dutiessection18:51. Registrar for each parish; appointment; commission; bond and oathsection18:51.1. Manner of appointment of the registrarsection18:52. Qualifications of registrarssection18:53. Removal from office; may not be own immediate successorsection18:54. Qualification; date; duplicate oath; bond; approval of bond; orientation and trainingsection18:55. Compensation of registrar of voters; amount and manner of payment; reduction during tenure prohibited; prohibited increasesection18:56. Salary supplementsection18:57. Reduction of compensation while holding office or employment prohibitedsection18:58. Powers and duties of registrarssection18:59. Deputies, confidential assistants, and other permanent office employees; temporary employees; appointment and compensation; prohibited increase in compensationsection18:59.1. Payment of state portion of salaries and expenses of registrars; secretary of statesection18:59.2. Number of employee positions established; increase; decreasesection18:59.3. Registrar of voters and unclassified employees; increased salary mandated; additional increase authorizedsection18:59.4. The Louisiana Voter Registration Administrators' Certification Program; requirements; compensationsection18:60. Removal of deputies and employeessection18:61. Deputy acting for registrar; administration of oathssection18:61.1. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.section18:61.2. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.section18:62. Political activities prohibitedsection18:63. Ineligibility to hold elective or appointive public officesection18:64. Attorney general as legal adviser to registrarsection18:65. Retirement or resignation of a registrarsection18:66. Mandatory duties of registrar; ministerial character; compelling performance by mandamus or other process; appealsection18:101. Registration to vote; qualifications; more than one residence; presidential electionssection18:101.1. Verification of registration informationsection18:102. Ineligible personssection18:102.1. Persons with intellectual or cognitive disabilitiessection18:103. Personal appearance of applicant required; exceptionssection18:104. Application for registration; formsection18:105. Establishment of identity; proof of naturalization of foreign-born applicantsection18:106. Physical disability; inability to write English; language minority groups; execution of documents; assistancesection18:106.1. Change of registration for voters with disabilities and documentation establishing disabilitysection18:107. Party affiliation for registration; change in party affiliationsection18:108. Prior registration; surrender of notice of registration before new registration; change of place of registrationsection18:109. Notice of registration and change in registrationsection18:110. Removal from precinct; removal from parishsection18:111. Change of name or signature; married personssection18:112. Endorsement of changessection18:113. Denial of registration; remedies of applicantsection18:113.1. Denial or cancellation of registration; correction of errorssection18:114. Registration at driver's license facilitiessection18:115. Registration by mailsection18:115.1. Electronic registrationsection18:116. Voter registration agenciessection18:117. Training for accepting voter registration applicationssection18:118. Voter registration application form availability; firearm retailerssection18:119. Voter registration drives; mandatory registrationsection18:131. Place of registration; office and mobile registration unit definedsection18:132. Offices furnished registrar; supplies; expensessection18:133. Branch offices; mobile registration units; mandatory registration drivessection18:133.1. Temporary branch office; deputy registrar; appointment; compensationsection18:134. Office hourssection18:135. Close of registrationsection18:135.1. Close of voter registration; plan by secretary of state; gubernatorial and legislative approvalsection18:151. Custody of recordssection18:152. Required recordssection18:152.1. Destruction of records of the registrar of voterssection18:153. Tax rollssection18:154. Records open to inspection; copying; exceptionssection18:155. Refusal or neglect to grant right of inspection; remediessection18:156. Alteration, defacing, destruction, or removal of recordssection18:157. Delivery of precinct registers to election authoritiessection18:158. Retention of absentee by mail and early voting ballots and records; retention of registration records for federal electionssection18:171. Report of convictions of felonysection18:171.1. Conviction of felony in federal court; notificationsection18:172. Judgment of interdiction for mental incompetencesection18:173. Deathssection18:174. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:175. Voting list from Department of Statesection18:176. Suspension and cancellation of registration and challenge of unlawful registration on the basis of reportssection18:177. Reinstatement of registration after suspensionsection18:177.1. Satisfaction of order of imprisonment; provision of information relative to registration and reinstatementsection18:178. Notification on jury veniresection18:191. Permanent registrationsection18:191.1. Address confirmation noticesection18:192. Annual canvass; costssection18:193. Challenge and cancellation of registration; notice; proceduressection18:194. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.section18:195. Challenge of registrants in the United States Service or temporarily residing outside United Statessection18:196. Inactive list of voters; procedure for votingsection18:196.1. Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 229, §5, eff. July 13, 1979section18:197. Registration; cancellationsection18:198. Change of residence or change in address; inquiry by registrar; change of recordssection18:199. New registration necessary after cancellationsection18:200. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 176, §5, eff. June 14, 2017.section18:201. Change of address caused by action of a parish or municipal governing authority; use of information furnished by U.S. Postal Servicesection18:221. Redesignated to R.S. 18:66 by Acts 2017, No. 176, §6, eff. June 14, 2017.section18:401. Purpose and nature of primary and general electionssection18:401.1. Election emergency; purpose; elections emergency contingency plansection18:401.2. Change to polling places; state of emergencysection18:401.3. Emergency plan by secretary of state; gubernatorial and legislative approvalsection18:401.4. Emergency actions by the secretary of statesection18:402. Dates of primary and general elections; prohibited election dayssection18:402.1. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 6, §3, eff. Dec. 31, 2025.section18:403. Election records and papers; preservation; public recordsection18:404. Ranked-choice voting and instant runoff voting prohibited; exceptionsection18:410.1. Party primary electionssection18:410.2. Party primary office; party primary qualificationssection18:410.3. Purpose and nature of party primary electionssection18:410.4. Manner of qualifying for a party primary electionsection18:410.5. Nominating petitionssection18:410.6. Death of a candidate; procedure; selection of party nomineesection18:410.7. Party candidates who qualify for a general electionsection18:410.8. Candidates not affiliated with a major political party; qualifying for the general electionsection18:410.9. Nomination of candidates in a party primary election; general election; unopposed candidatesection18:410.10. Party primary electionssection18:411. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:412. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:413. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:414. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:415. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:416. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:417. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.section18:418.1. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 729, §2, eff. June 1, 2014.section18:418.2. Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 729, §2, eff. June 1, 2014.section18:419.1. Applicability of Partsection18:419.2. Spring elections in 2026section18:421. Secretary of state; first assistant and other employees of the secretary of statesection18:422. Clerks of court; deputy clerks and other employees of the clerksection18:423. Parish boards of election supervisorssection18:424. Commissioners-in-chargesection18:425. Commissionerssection18:425.1. Consolidation of polling places; reduction of voting machines and election officialssection18:425.2. Election officials; requirements and prohibitionssection18:426. Alternate commissioners; qualifications, powers, and duties; oath and compensationsection18:426.1. Election commissioners; compensationsection18:427. Watcherssection18:428. Law enforcement assistance to commissionerssection18:429. Clerk of court; notification of cyber incidentssection18:431. Commissioners; courses of instruction; certificates; reports; list of certified persons furnished by parish board of election supervisorssection18:431.1. Examinations for courses of instructionsection18:432. Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 907, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.section18:433. Commissioners-in-charge; course of instruction; selection; commission; disqualification; replacementsection18:434. Commissioners and alternate commissioners; selection; commission; disqualification; replacementsection18:435. Watchers; appointment and commissionsection18:436. Election officials at certain special electionssection18:441. Recognitionsection18:442. Organizationsection18:443. State central committeesection18:443.1. State central committee; composition and apportionmentsection18:443.2. Alternate method; election; composition and apportionmentsection18:444. Parish executive committeessection18:445. Parish executive committees; formation in parishes where no committee has been electedsection18:445.1. Political party committees; electionsection18:446. Candidates for membership on political party committees; method of qualifying for a primary electionsection18:447. Parish executive committees; fundraisingsection18:448. Vacancies in the state central committee or parish executive committee of a recognized political partysection18:451. Qualifications of candidatessection18:451.1. Local ordinances affecting the qualifications of candidatessection18:451.2. Qualifications of candidates for sheriff, tax assessor, and clerk of courtsection18:451.3. Displaced persons seeking to qualify; domicile, residencesection18:452. Classification of candidatessection18:453. Dual candidacysection18:454. Campaign Sign Recycling Fundsection18:461. Manner of qualifyingsection18:461.1. Ethics education requirement; certification for ethics educationsection18:462. Officials with whom candidates qualifysection18:463. Notice of candidacy; campaign finance disclosure; political advertising; penaltiessection18:464. Qualifying fees; additional fees imposed by political party committees; financial statementssection18:465. Nominating petitionssection18:466. Time for qualifying in a primary electionsection18:467. Opening of qualifying periodsection18:467.1. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 640, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.section18:467.2. Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 28, §5, eff. Dec. 31, 2020.section18:468. Close of the qualifying periodsection18:469. Reopening of qualifying period; effectsection18:470. Disposition of notices of candidacy; qualifying fees; nomination petitionssection18:470.1. List of candidatessection18:471. Acts performed with or by clerk of courtsection18:481. Candidates who qualify for a general electionsection18:482. Number of candidates who may qualify for a general electionsection18:483. Effect of tie vote in a primary electionsection18:491. Standing to object to candidacysection18:492. Grounds for an objection to candidacysection18:493. Time for objecting to candidacysection18:494. Effect of sustaining an objection to candidacysection18:495. Initiation of action by district attorney; attorney general; court costs and attorney feessection18:501. Procedure for withdrawalsection18:502. Effect of withdrawalsection18:503. Notice of withdrawal and disqualificationsection18:503.1. Notice of cancellation of propositionsection18:511. Election of candidates in a primary electionsection18:512. Election of candidates in a general electionsection18:513. Certification of candidates electedsection18:514. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 584, §4, eff. May 28, 2018.section18:521. Qualifications of voterssection18:522. Number of candidates for whom a voter may votesection18:523. Americans with Disabilities Act compliance officersection18:524. Voting Accessibility Advisory Groupsection18:531. Places for voting in primary and general electionssection18:531.1. Exception to opening polls; alternative voting locationssection18:532. Establishment of precinctssection18:532.1. Changing boundariessection18:533. Establishment and location of polling places; responsibility for acts or omissionssection18:534. Change of polling placessection18:535. Notice of location of precincts and polling placessection18:536. Notice of change of location of polling placesection18:537. Enforcement, venue; penaltysection18:541. Opening and closing of the pollssection18:542. Termination of votingsection18:551. Ballotssection18:552. Election materialssection18:553. Inspection and preparation of voting machines at polling places; precinct registers and supplemental listsection18:553.1. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 480, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.section18:561. Poll listssection18:562. Prerequisites to votingsection18:563. Procedure for votingsection18:564. Assistance in voting on election daysection18:565. Challenge of voterssection18:566. Provisional voting for federal office; polling place and early votingsection18:566.1. Provisional voting for federal office; order for extension of poll hours during an election for federal officesection18:566.2. Tabulation and counting of provisional ballots for federal officesection18:567. Administrative complaint procedure; scopesection18:567.1. Definitionssection18:567.2. Filing a complaintsection18:567.3. Processing of complaintsection18:567.4. Computation of timesection18:567.5. Exemptionsection18:567.6. Judicial reviewsection18:571. Procedures for commissioners after termination of votingsection18:572. Transmission of election returns; voting machine keys; machine certificatessection18:573. Evidence of election resultssection18:574. Compilation and promulgation of returnssection18:575. Official results of a primary or general electionsection18:576. Election night returnssection18:581. Definitionssection18:582. Applicabilitysection18:583. Procedure for anticipated vacanciessection18:584. Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 792, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 76, §2, eff. June 26, 1981section18:585. Repealed by Acts 2023, No. 91, §2, eff. June 6, 2023.section18:586. Vacancies caused by retirement, resignation, or removal; prohibitionssection18:591. Vacancy in office of elective members of state boards and commissionssection18:601. Vacancy in state legislative office; legislative servicesection18:602. Vacancies in certain local and municipal offices; exceptionssection18:603. Persons designated to assume duties of vacant offices; salary and emoluments; power to appointsection18:604. Marshal of city or municipal court; temporary absence; vacancysection18:621. Vacancy in office of judgesection18:651. Applicabilitysection18:652. Retirements and resignationssection18:653. Transmission of notices of retirements and resignationssection18:654. Effect of filing of resignationssection18:671. Judgment declaring office vacantsection18:672. Filing of complaintsection18:673. Official's opinionsection18:674. Proceduresection18:675. Subpart not exclusivesection18:1251. Election; time of electingsection18:1252. Qualificationssection18:1253. Nominating by political parties; certificates of nominationsection18:1253.1. Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 251, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.section18:1254. Slates of candidates not affiliated with a recognized political party; nominating petitions and qualifying by payment of qualifying feessection18:1255. Filing nominating petitionssection18:1256. Withdrawal of candidatesection18:1257. Objections to certificates of nomination, nominating petitions, and notices of candidacy for those qualifying by payment of feesection18:1258. Vacancy in nomination; procedure; death of candidatesection18:1259. Arrangement of ballot; designation of party candidatessection18:1260. Votes for presidential electorssection18:1261. Determination of election results; tie vote; issuance of certificatesection18:1262. Credentials of electorssection18:1263. Meeting of electorssection18:1264. Vacancies; proceduresection18:1265. Compensationsection18:1271. Applicable lawssection18:1272. United States senators; representatives in congress; time of electingsection18:1273. Opening and closing of qualifications for candidates for United States senators and representatives in Congresssection18:1274. Declaration of candidacy by congressional candidatessection18:1275. United States senator and representative in Congress; qualificationssection18:1275.1. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.2. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.3. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.4. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.5. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.6. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.7. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.8. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.9. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.10. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.11. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.12. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.13. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.14. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.15. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.16. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.17. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.18. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.19. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.20. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.21. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.22. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.23. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1275.24. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.section18:1276. Repealed by Acts 2024, 1 st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §2, eff. Jan. 3, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.section18:1276.1. Congressional districtssection18:1276.2. REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 42, §4, EFF. JUNE 1, 1992.section18:1276.3. Repealed by Acts 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. April 25, 1994.section18:1277. Certification of votes cast for United States senator and representative in Congresssection18:1278. Vacancies; United States senatorsection18:1279. Vacancies; representatives in congresssection18:1280. Contestssection18:1280.21. Presidential preference primary electionsection18:1280.21.1. Repealed by Acts 2025, No. 386, §6.section18:1280.22. Candidates; procedure for qualifyingsection18:1280.23. Conduct of electionsection18:1280.24. Arrangement of ballotsection18:1280.25. Voting according to party affiliationsection18:1280.26. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 681, §2, eff. July 21, 1983.section18:1280.27. Delegates to political party conventions; selection; oaths; voting; allocation among presidential nomineessection18:1280.31. Definitionssection18:1281. Statement of purposesection18:1282. Political subdivision definedsection18:1283. Electionssection18:1284. Resolution calling election; propositionsection18:1284.1. Proposition language; clear, unbiased, and concisesection18:1285. Notice of electionsection18:1286. Polling places; election officerssection18:1286.1. Authority to consolidate polling places; reduction of number of voting machines and election officialssection18:1287. Election officers; substitutessection18:1288. Election officers; oathssection18:1289. Penalty for violationssection18:1290. Qualification of voterssection18:1291. Votingsection18:1292. Canvass of returnssection18:1293. Proces verbalsection18:1294. Contestssection18:1295. Special election to increase interest ratesection18:1296. Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 672, §3.section18:1299. Applicabilitysection18:1299.1. Question or proposition to be voted on; lengthsection18:1300. Procedures; notice of election; expensessection18:1300.1. Recall authorizedsection18:1300.2. Petition for recall election; campaign finance disclosuresection18:1300.3. Certification of registrar of voters; addition or withdrawal of signatures; designation as a public record; form of namessection18:1300.4. Signature to recall petitionsection18:1300.5. Chairman and vice chairman designated in petition; petition designated as a public recordsection18:1300.6. Reason for recall stated in petitionsection18:1300.7. Governor to order election; proclamation; publicationsection18:1300.8. Voting areasection18:1300.9. Recall elections, conduct in accordance with Election Codesection18:1300.10. Commissioners of electionsection18:1300.11. Preparation of ballots; marking of ballotssection18:1300.12. Results of electionsection18:1300.13. Declaration of vacancy; prohibitionssection18:1300.14. Failure of recallsection18:1300.15. Recall proceedings involving governor or Secretary of Statesection18:1300.16. Penaltysection18:1300.17. Right to contest preservedsection18:1300.21. Discontinuance of certain gaming activities, except as continued by local electionsection18:1300.22. Calling of gaming elections as required by the constitutionsection18:1300.23. Riverboat gaming election; procedure; Bossier Parishsection18:1300.24. Election on sports wageringsection18:1300.25. St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election; procedure; specific locationsection18:1300.26. Video draw poker devices; local option election; Natchitoches Parishsection18:1300.31. Petition for neighborhood crime prevention and security district and parcel feesection18:1300.32. Certification of registrar of voters; addition or withdrawal of signatures; form of namessection18:1300.33. Appropriate local governing authority to order electionsection18:1301. Applicabilitysection18:1302. Definitionssection18:1303. Persons entitled to vote in compliance with this Chaptersection18:1304. Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 220, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.section18:1305. Voting at polls prohibitedsection18:1306. Preparation and distribution of absentee by mail and early voting ballotssection18:1307. Application by mailsection18:1307.1. Application by person serving on sequestered jurysection18:1307.2. Procedure for absentee voting by member of sequestered jurysection18:1308. Absentee voting by mailsection18:1308.1. Absentee voting by person serving on sequestered jurysection18:1308.2. Voting absentee by mail for candidates for presidential nominee, presidential candidates, and congressional candidatessection18:1308.3. Special provision for temporarily displaced personssection18:1309. Early voting; verificationsection18:1309.1. Preparation of machines for early voting; examination by candidate or his representative; sealing machinessection18:1309.2. Program for the conduct of early voting at additional locationssection18:1309.3. Assistance in voting during early votingsection18:1310. Execution of certificate; marking of ballot; casting vote; assistancesection18:1311. List of absentee by mail and early voters; posting; delivery of alphabetized list to precincts; supplements; absentee by mail voter reportsection18:1312. Retention of ballots at registrar's officesection18:1313. Tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballotssection18:1313.1. Preparation, verification, tabulation, and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballotssection18:1313.2. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 423, §2.section18:1314. Parish board commissionerssection18:1315. Challenge of absentee by mail or early voting ballotsection18:1316. Rejection of ballot having distinguishing markssection18:1317. Curing absentee by mail ballot deficiencies; rejection of deficient ballotssection18:1318. Applicability of election lawssection18:1319. Use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot; presidential preference primary, presidential, and congressional electionssection18:1321. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. January 1, 2010.section18:1325. Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.section18:1331. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.section18:1332. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.section18:1333. Nursing home early voting program; voting by persons residing in a nursing homesection18:1334. Electioneering in connection with voting in nursing homes; enforcement; penaltysection18:1335. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.section18:1351. Definitionssection18:1352. Use of voting machines throughout state; exception for failure of voting equipment, early voting, election day voting, absentee by mail, and provisional ballotssection18:1353. Secretary of state; powers and duties; voting systems and system components; voter registrationsection18:1354. Parish custodian of voting machines; powers and duties; appointment of deputy custodianssection18:1355. Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 374, §3, eff. June 19, 2019.section18:1356. Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 831, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.section18:1361. Approval of voting systems or system components; certificate; expenses of examinationsection18:1362. Method of procuring voting systems or system components; parts and supplies; contracting for the maintenance of voting machinessection18:1362.1. Voting System Commission; creation and organization; duties and responsibilitiessection18:1362.2. Voting System Proposal Evaluation Committee; membership; dutiessection18:1363. Number of machines; allocation to precincts; exception; reserve machinessection18:1364. Placement and sufficiency of voting machines and counting equipment for absentee by mail and early votingsection18:1365. Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 480, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.section18:1366. Requirements for voting systemssection18:1367.1. Applicability of Subpart; definitionssection18:1367.2. Authority to resolve protested solicitations and awardssection18:1367.3. Authority to debar or suspendsection18:1367.4. Authority to resolve contract and breach of contract controversies other than professional, personal, consulting, and social services contractssection18:1367.5. Authority of the commissioner of administrationsection18:1367.6. Protest of solicitations or awardssection18:1367.7. Suspension or debarment proceedingssection18:1367.8. Contract and breach of contract controversiessection18:1367.9. Actions by or against the state in connection with contractssection18:1367.10. Commencement of actionssection18:1367.11. Trial; decision; appealsection18:1367.12. Computation of timesection18:1367.13. Code of Civil Proceduresection18:1367.14. Terminationsection18:1371. Delivery and return of machines and supplies; contract; time of deliverysection18:1372. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 369, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.section18:1373. Notice of preparation of machines for election; preparation of machines for election; testing and adjusting; examination by candidate or his representative; securing and sealing machinessection18:1374. Equipment of polling places; location of machinessection18:1375. Duplicate keyssection18:1376. Release of voting machines; return to warehouse; retention of totals; clearing machines and election result cartridgessection18:1381. Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 681, §2, eff. July 21, 1983.section18:1382. Apportionment of expensessection18:1391. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1392. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1393. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1394. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1395. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1396. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1397. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1398. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1399. Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.section18:1400.1. Election costs paid by secretary of state; governing authorities; reimbursementsection18:1400.2. Election costs paid by secretary of state; governing authorities; reimbursementsection18:1400.3. Election expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; payment by secretary of state; payment by governing authoritiessection18:1400.4. Elections costs for parish boards of election supervisors; payment of compensation; reimbursement; expensessection18:1400.5. Costs and expenses of a presidential preference primary electionsection18:1400.6. Costs and expenses of primary and general electionssection18:1400.7. Election expensessection18:1400.8. Expenses incurred by registrars of voters conducting early voting; payment by secretary of statesection18:1400.9. Expenses incurred by secretary of state for overtime related to conduct of early voting and the election; payment by secretary of statesection18:1400.21. Help Louisiana Vote Fundsection18:1401. Objections to candidacy; contests of elections; contests of certification of recall petition; parties authorized to institute actions; penaltiessection18:1402. Proper partiessection18:1403. Jurisdictionsection18:1404. Venuesection18:1405. Time for commencement of actionsection18:1406. Petition; answer; notificationsection18:1407. Appointment of agent for service of processsection18:1408. Service of process; sending notice and copies; documents to be filedsection18:1409. Trial; decision; appealsection18:1410. Judgments in objection to candidacy, election contest, or contest of certification of recall petition; transmittal of certified copy to secretary of statesection18:1411. Depositionssection18:1412. Pleadings alleging fraud in conduct of election; delivery to attorney general and district attorneysection18:1413. Computation of timesection18:1414. Code of Civil Proceduresection18:1415. Discovery prior to filing a suit contesting an electionsection18:1431. Fraudulent or illegal votes; uncounted votes; determination of election resultsection18:1432. Remediessection18:1433. Revote in precincts because of malfunctionssection18:1433.1. Revote in elections where precinct contained multiple election districts if result cannot be otherwise ascertainedsection18:1434. Waiver of objections to voter qualifications when voter is not challenged at the electionsection18:1435. Votes reported due to tabulation error; determination of resultsection18:1451. Recount of absentee by mail and early voting ballots authorizedsection18:1452. Costs of recountsection18:1453. Recount proceduresection18:1461. Bribery of voters; penaltiessection18:1461.1. Coercion; prohibited practices; penaltiessection18:1461.2. Election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or forgery; penaltiessection18:1461.3. Election offenses affecting election officials or watchers; penaltiessection18:1461.4. Election offenses involving threats or intimidation of voters; penaltiessection18:1461.5. Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penaltiessection18:1461.6. Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penaltiessection18:1461.7. Miscellaneous election offenses; penaltiessection18:1461.8. Election offense; candidate; forfeiture of officesection18:1462. Acts prohibited during early voting or on election day; electioneering; intimidation; exceptions; enforcement; penaltiessection18:1462.1. Registration of persons conducting exit polling during early voting or on election day; penaltiessection18:1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitionssection18:1463.1. Telephone campaign communications; disclosuresection18:1464. Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penaltysection18:1465. Prohibited use of public fundssection18:1466. Definitionssection18:1467. Conviction in fraudulent vote cases; prohibition from employment in electionssection18:1468. Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibitionsection18:1469. Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penaltysection18:1470. Political advertising; prohibition; exceptionsection18:1471. Temporary restraining order; notice; hearingsection18:1472. Election offenses informational packet for candidatessection18:1481. Short titlesection18:1482. Statement of purposesection18:1483. Definitionssection18:1484. Disclosure reports; persons required to filesection18:1485. Filing; receipt by supervisory committee; special penaltiessection18:1486. Proposition and recall elections; required reportssection18:1487. Reports, name and addresssection18:1491.1. Registration of committeessection18:1491.2. Statement of dissolutionsection18:1491.3. Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reportssection18:1491.4. Committee treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fundsection18:1491.5. Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expendituressection18:1491.6. Reports required; reporting times and periodssection18:1491.6.1. Leadership committees; reports requiredsection18:1491.7. Reports; contentssection18:1491.8. Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reportssection18:1491.9. Joint fundraising; joint fundraising representative or committee; authority, requirements, and prohibitionssection18:1495.1. Report through committeesection18:1495.2. Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fundsection18:1495.3. Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expendituressection18:1495.4. Reports required; reporting times and periods; extensionsection18:1495.5. Reports; contentssection18:1495.6. Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reportssection18:1495.7. Financial disclosure statementssection18:1501.1. Reports by persons not candidates or committeessection18:1501.2. Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 821, §2, eff. July 8, 2008.section18:1501.3. Gubernatorial transition and inauguration; contribution limits; reportssection18:1505.1. Failure to submit report; failure to file report timely or properlysection18:1505.2. Contributions; expenditures; certain prohibitions and limitationssection18:1505.2.1. Designation and attribution of contributionssection18:1505.3. Subterfuge to avoid compliance with Chaptersection18:1505.4. Civil penalties; failure to file; timely and accurate filing; forfeituresection18:1505.5. Civil penalties; violations of Chaptersection18:1505.6. Criminal penaltiessection18:1511.1. Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure/Board of Ethics; functions; compensation; immunitysection18:1511.2. Supervisory committee; rulemaking authority; advisory opinions; inquiries; dutiessection18:1511.3. Filing of reports; forms; noticesection18:1511.4. Supervisory committee; investigationssection18:1511.4.1. Enforcement; failure to file; failure to timely filesection18:1511.4.2. Subpoenassection18:1511.5. Procedure for enforcement; civilsection18:1511.6. Procedures for enforcement; criminalsection18:1511.7. Venuesection18:1511.8. Secrecy of proceedingssection18:1511.9. Immunity from prosecution; prohibitionsection18:1511.10. False complaintssection18:1511.11. Precedence of actions; limitation of actionssection18:1511.12. Legislative intentsection18:1531. Transportation of voterssection18:1532. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 274, §3, eff. June 3, 2022.section18:1551. Exceptionsection18:1552. Persons authorized to file reportssection18:1553. Reports; contents; due datessection18:1554. Contribution limitations; excess fundssection18:1555. Penaltiessection18:1651. §§1651 to 1844 redesignated by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3. See, now, Title 11.section18:1901. Purposesection18:1902. State liaisonsection18:1903. Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 550, §2.section18:1904. Cooperation of state agencies and officialssection18:1905. Cooperation of local governments and officialssection18:1906. Tabulation for reapportionment; legislaturesection18:1907. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.section18:1921. Applicabilitysection18:1922. Time for reapportionment; submission under Voting Rights Actsection18:1922.1. Public participationsection18:1922.2. Approval of reapportionment plan by local election officialssection18:1923. Failure to comply; misfeasance; sanctionssection18:1941. Voting Rights Act submission by political subdivisions; copy to secretary of statesection18:1942. Preclearance of state reapportionment plan pursuant to Voting Rights Act; copy to secretary of statesection18:1945. Submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state; required formatsection18:1951. Maps of reapportioned districts; Department of Transportation and Development
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