Title 18, Louisiana Election Code
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La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1433.1 Revote in elections where precinct contained multiple election districts if result cannot be otherwise ascertained
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§1433.1. Revote in elections where precinct contained multiple election districts if result cannot be otherwise ascertained A. If a discrepancy sufficient to change the result of the election between the total votes cast in an election and the number of eligible voters voting in …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1434 Waiver of objections to voter qualifications when voter is not challenged at the election
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§1434. Waiver of objections to voter qualifications when voter is not challenged at the election An objection to the qualifications of a voter, except for an objection to a voter who should have been removed from the voter registration rolls pursuant to R.S. 18:173, or to an irre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1435 Votes reported due to tabulation error; determination of result
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§1435. Votes reported due to tabulation error; determination of result When the court finds that one or more of the reported votes in a contested election are the result of an error in tabulation by an election official and the judge can accurately assess which are the correct vo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1451 Recount of absentee by mail and early voting ballots authorized
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§1451. Recount of absentee by mail and early voting ballots authorized Prior to the trial of an election contest, a party to the suit by ex parte motion may seek a recount of the absentee by mail and early voting ballots if he alleges that there is an error in the counting of the…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1452 Costs of recount
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§1452. Costs of recount Upon the recount of the absentee by mail and early voting ballots, if the court determines that the original count of the absentee by mail and early voting ballots was correct or that the error would not have changed the result of the election, the cost of…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1453 Recount procedure
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§1453. Recount procedure A. When a recount is ordered, the trial judge shall appoint counters to conduct the recount. The trial judge shall determine the time and location of the recount. The recount may be held in open court or in any other place the trial judge deems appropriat…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461 Bribery of voters; penalties
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§1461. Bribery of voters; penalties A.(1) Bribery of voters is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, any money, or anything of apparent present or prospective value, to any voter at any election, or at any convention of a recognized political party, with the int…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.1 Coercion; prohibited practices; penalties
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§1461.1. Coercion; prohibited practices; penalties A.(1) No person shall knowingly coerce or attempt to coerce another person to give or withhold a contribution to influence the nomination or election of a person to the office of president or vice president of the United States, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.2 Election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or forgery; penalties
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§1461.2. Election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or forgery; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Vote or attempt to vote more than once at an election. (2) Vote or attempt to vote, knowing that he is not qualified, or influ…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.3 Election offenses affecting election officials or watchers; penalties
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§1461.3. Election offenses affecting election officials or watchers; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Being an election official, permit fraudulent votes to be cast, or knowingly count votes not entitled to be cast. (2) Fail, refuse, or neg…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.4 Election offenses involving threats or intimidation of voters; penalties
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§1461.4. Election offenses involving threats or intimidation of voters; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Intimidate, deceive, or misinform, directly or indirectly, any voter or prospective voter in matters concerning voting or nonvoting or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.5 Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penalties
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§1461.5. Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Offer money or anything of apparent present or prospective value or use, directly or indirectly, or …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.6 Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties
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§1461.6. Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Prior to an election, during transit to a polling place, during early voting, during election day voting or while in storage awaiting c…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.7 Miscellaneous election offenses; penalties
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§1461.7. Miscellaneous election offenses; penalties A. No person shall knowingly, willfully, or intentionally: (1) Fail to submit to the parish registrar of voters a completed registration application collected through a third-party voter registration drive within thirty days of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461.8 Election offense; candidate; forfeiture of office
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§1461.8. Election offense; candidate; forfeiture of office A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and in addition to the penalties provided in R.S. 18:1461 through 1461.7, any candidate who is elected to public office and is convicted of an election offense…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1462 Acts prohibited during early voting or on election day; electioneering; intimidation;
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§1462. Acts prohibited during early voting or on election day; electioneering; intimidation; exceptions; enforcement; penalties A. The Legislature of Louisiana recognizes that the right to vote is a right that is essential to the effective operation of a democratic government. In…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1462.1 Registration of persons conducting exit polling during early voting or on election
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§1462.1. Registration of persons conducting exit polling during early voting or on election day; penalties A. The Legislature of Louisiana recognizes that the right to vote is a right that is essential to the effective operation of a democratic government and that voters should b…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1463 Political material; ethics; prohibitions
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§1463. Political material; ethics; prohibitions A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that the state has a compelling interest in taking every necessary step to assure that all elections are held in a fair and ethical manner and finds that an election cannot be held in a fair and…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1463.1 Telephone campaign communications; disclosure
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§1463.1. Telephone campaign communications; disclosure A. The Legislature of Louisiana finds that the state has a compelling interest in protecting the integrity of the electoral process and in assuring that the voters are able to know who is responsible for telephone campaign co…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1464 Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penalty
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§1464. Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penalty A. No daily, bi-weekly, weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly newspaper, journal, periodical, or other publication and no radio station, television station, or chain or network of radio or television stations ope…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1465 Prohibited use of public funds
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§1465. Prohibited use of public funds A. No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated to a candidate or political organization. This provision shall not prohibit the use of public funds for dissemination…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1466 Definitions
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§1466. Definitions As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the meanings hereafter ascribed to each: (1) "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to it by R.S. 1:10. (2) "Election official" means: (a) The parish board…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1467 Conviction in fraudulent vote cases; prohibition from employment in elections
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§1467. Conviction in fraudulent vote cases; prohibition from employment in elections Any person who has been convicted of any crime involving fraud or any violation of this Title while serving in the conduct of an election and in his capacity as a commissioner-in-charge, commissi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1468 Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition
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§1468. Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition A. No person shall solicit or receive funds nor any thing of value from a candidate or political committee and no candidate or political committee or other person shall pay any funds or any thing of value to any person f…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1469 Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty
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§1469. Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty A. Bribery of a candidate is the giving, promising or offering to give, directly or indirectly, a campaign contribution to a candidate, political committee, or other person, or the accepting, soliciting, offering to accept, di…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1470 Political advertising; prohibition; exception
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§1470. Political advertising; prohibition; exception A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, no political campaign signs shall be erected, displayed, or posted on any publicly owned property or right of way, or to or on any public utility pole or stanchion. B. Subj…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1471 Temporary restraining order; notice; hearing
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§1471. Temporary restraining order; notice; hearing A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a temporary restraining order shall not issue with respect to an allegation of any practice or procedure contrary to the election laws of the state unless notice is …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1472 Election offenses informational packet for candidates
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§1472. Election offenses informational packet for candidates A. Each candidate who qualifies for election in any primary election shall be provided an informational packet concerning the election offenses provided in this Chapter by the official with whom the candidate qualifies.…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1481 Short title
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§1481. Short title This Chapter may be cited as the Campaign Finance Disclosure Act. Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1482 Statement of purpose
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§1482. Statement of purpose A. The legislature recognizes that the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Louisiana protect political speech, especially speech related to elections; that the financing of campaigns facilitates constitutionally protected politica…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1483 Definitions
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§1483. Definitions As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings given to each in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Affiliated organization" means any organization which is not a committee but which directly or indirectly est…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1484 Disclosure reports; persons required to file
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§1484. Disclosure reports; persons required to file Except as otherwise specifically provided, the following persons or their treasurers, if any, shall file reports of contributions and expenditures as more specifically provided in this Chapter: (1) Each candidate for major offic…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1485 Filing; receipt by supervisory committee; special penalties
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§1485. Filing; receipt by supervisory committee; special penalties A. For purposes of this Chapter, a report, statement, or any other paper or document required to be filed with the supervisory committee shall be deemed to be filed when it is received either physically or electro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1486 Proposition and recall elections; required reports
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§1486. Proposition and recall elections; required reports A.(1) Any person, including a committee, who receives and accepts any contribution, loan, or transfer of funds, or makes any expenditure in support of or in opposition to a proposition or question submitted to the voters s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1487 Reports, name and address
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§1487. Reports, name and address Whenever the full name and address of a person is required to be in a report in this Chapter, the party responsible for filing the report shall list the full name and address of the person or the best information he can obtain regarding that perso…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.1 Registration of committees
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§1491.1. Registration of committees A. Each committee, including a subsidiary committee, which knows or anticipates that it will receive contributions or loans, make expenditures or loans, or make a transfer of funds to or receive a transfer of funds from another committee during…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.2 Statement of dissolution
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§1491.2. Statement of dissolution A.(1) Each committee which after having filed an annual statement of organization wishes to dissolve shall file a statement of dissolution with the supervisory committee prior to dissolving stating that the committee has determined either of the …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.3 Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reports
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§1491.3. Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reports A. Each candidate may designate only one principal campaign committee. Such designation shall be in writing and a copy thereof shall be filed with the supervisory committee no later than ten d…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.4 Committee treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund
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§1491.4. Committee treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund A. The chairman of each committee shall be the treasurer of the committee, unless the committee appoints a treasurer. Committees also may appoint one or more deputy treasurers. The names and addre…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.5 Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures
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§1491.5. Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures A. The chairman of each committee and the treasurer shall be responsible for providing and maintaining such records of the finances of the committee as are necessary to comply with the provisions…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.6 Reports required; reporting times and periods
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§1491.6. Reports required; reporting times and periods A. The chairman of a committee and the treasurer of the committee, if any, shall be responsible for filing a report of all information required in this Section and R.S. 18:1491.7 with the supervisory committee at the times re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.6.1 Leadership committees; reports required
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§1491.6.1. Leadership committees; reports required A. A leadership committee shall file monthly reports due no later than the fifteenth day of the month following a month in which the committee accepts a contribution or some other receipt or makes an expenditure or some other dis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.7 Reports; contents
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§1491.7. Reports; contents A. (1) Unless otherwise specifically provided, each report required by this Part shall contain the following information: (a) The name and address of the committee for whom the report is filed. (b) The name and address of the treasurer completing the re…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.8 Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports
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§1491.8. Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports Any committee which did not receive a contribution in excess of five hundred dollars and which did not make expenditures totaling in excess of ten thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period may file an af…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1491.9 Joint fundraising; joint fundraising representative or committee; authority,
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§1491.9. Joint fundraising; joint fundraising representative or committee; authority, requirements, and prohibitions A.(1) Committees may, pursuant to a written joint fundraising agreement, engage in joint fundraising efforts with other committees registered with the supervisory …
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1495.1 Report through committee
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§1495.1. Report through committee A. Each candidate may designate a principal campaign committee as provided in R.S. 18:1491.3. If a candidate designates a principal campaign committee, the candidate shall maintain all records required by this Part and furnish them on a timely ba…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1495.2 Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund
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§1495.2. Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund A. The candidate shall be his own campaign treasurer, unless he appoints a campaign treasurer. The name and address of the campaign treasurer shall be filed with the supervisory committee at the ti…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1495.3 Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures
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§1495.3. Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures A. The candidate and the campaign treasurer, if the candidate does not act as campaign treasurer, shall be responsible for providing and maintaining such records of campaign finances as are neces…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1495.4 Reports required; reporting times and periods; extension
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§1495.4. Reports required; reporting times and periods; extension A. The candidate and his campaign treasurer, if any, shall be responsible for filing a report of all information required in this Section and R.S. 18:1495.5 with the supervisory committee at the times required in t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1495.5 Reports; contents
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§1495.5. Reports; contents A. Unless otherwise specifically provided, each report required by this Part shall contain the following information: (1) The name and address of the candidate for whom the report is filed. (2) The name and address of the treasurer completing the report…