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LA Rev Stat § 18:1288 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1288. Election officers; oaths

RS 1288 - Election officers; oaths Commissioners-in-charge and commissioners shall take the oath or affirmation as provided by R.S. 18:424 and R.S. 18:425. A commissioner may administer any oath and receive any affidavit provided for in this Chapter. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1289 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1289. Penalty for violations

RS 1289 - Penalty for violations A. In elections held under the provisions of this Chapter the commissioners shall have the same powers and duties in conducting the elections and in preserving order at the polls as are conferred and imposed upon similar officers under the provisions of this Title for other elections. Whatever is declared in Chapter 10 of this Title to be a felony, misdemeanor or other crime shall be the same for any election held under the provisions of this Chapter and shall be punished in the same manner. B. Any willful failure or neglect to comply with the requirements of this Chapter or any willful violation by any officer, agent, or employee of any political subdivision availing itself of the provisions of this Chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, with or without hard labor, or by both fine and imprisonment. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1290 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1290. Qualification of voters

RS 1290 - Qualification of voters A. All qualified electors of the political subdivision ordering the election shall be entitled to vote in an election on the issuance of bonds, levying or increase of a tax, or the assumption of indebtedness by the political subdivision, and such bonds may be issued, such tax levied or increased, or indebtedness assumed if approved by a vote of a majority in number of the qualified electors voting on the proposition at such election as is provided in this Chapter. No voter shall be required to sign a ballot or vote assessed valuation of property. B. The registrar of voters shall furnish to the election commissioners appointed to hold the election the precinct register for each precinct or polling place. No defect or irregularity in or omission from the register so furnished shall affect the validity of the election unless it is established that the voters were thereby deprived of votes sufficient in number to have changed the result of the election. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1291 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1291. Voting

RS 1291 - Voting Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, voting machines shall be used and the election laws of this state applicable to other elections held under this Title shall govern the conduct of the voting in elections held under this Chapter. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1292 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1292. Canvass of returns

RS 1292 - Canvass of returns  A. On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election.  B.(1) The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.  (2) The governing authority shall include in the publication, in accordance with Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, a statement of the actual cost of the election as determined by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8-A of this Title.  Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2019, No. 205, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1293 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1293. Proces verbal

RS 1293 - Proces verbal The governing authority ordering the election shall preserve a proces verbal of the canvass. If the election affects ad valorem taxation, the governing authority shall include a copy of the notice of election and proof of publication of the notice in the proces verbal. The governing authority shall forward a copy of the proces verbal to the secretary of state, who shall record it. A copy also shall be forwarded to the clerk of the district court, and in Orleans Parish to the clerk of the civil district court, who shall record it in the mortgage records. A copy shall be retained in the archives of the office of the governing authority ordering the election. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2012, No. 283, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1294 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1294. Contests

RS 1294 - Contests For sixty days after promulgation of the results of an election held under this Chapter to incur debt, issue bonds, levy or increase a tax or assume debt, any person in interest may contest the legality of the election, the bond issue provided for, the tax authorized, or the assumption of indebtedness for any cause. After that time no one shall have any cause or right of action to contest the regularity, formality, or legality of the election, tax provisions, or bond authorization, for any cause whatsoever. If the validity of any election, tax, debt assumption, or bond issue authorized or provided for is not raised within the sixty days, the authority to incur or assume debt, levy the tax, or issue the bonds, the legality thereof, and the taxes and other revenues necessary to pay the same shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, and no court shall have authority to inquire into such matters. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1295 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1295. Special election to increase interest rate

RS 1295 - Special election to increase interest rate A. Any parish, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state in which a special election has been held, at which election the issuance of bonds of said political subdivision has been approved and a maximum rate of interest to be borne by said bonds has been established may, through the respective governing authority thereof, call and hold a special election to authorize the issuance and sale of such bonds at a maximum rate of interest greater than that rate specified in the proposition or propositions previously approved. However, such greater maximum rate of interest so submitted for approval shall not exceed the maximum rate of interest than permitted by the applicable laws of the state for the type of bonds described in the aforesaid proposition or propositions. B. Any election called and held hereunder shall be held and conducted under the same legal authority under which the previous election was held and conducted unless such laws since have been amended, in which event said election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the laws of the state then in effect with respect to the holding and conducting of special elections to authorize the issuance of such bonds. An election held and conducted hereunder shall have no effect other than to permit the issuance and sale of said bonds at a maximum rate of interest greater than that approved at the previously held election. C. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Chapter, the authority to issue any bonds approved in prior bond elections shall remain in full force and effect. Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1296 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1296. Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 672, §3.

RS 1296 - Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 672, §3.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1299 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1299. Applicability

RS 1299 - Applicability The provisions of this Chapter provide the procedures to be used in elections, except those provided for in Chapter 6-A of this Code, at which a proposition or question, authorized by the state constitution, by a statute of this state, or by a home rule charter, shall be submitted to the voters. Added by Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978. Acts 1984, No. 672, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1299.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1299.1. Question or proposition to be voted on; length

RS 1299.1 - Question or proposition to be voted on; length A. The preparation of a question or proposition to be submitted to the voters at an election shall be the responsibility of the governing authority or other entity calling the election or submitting the question or proposition. The proposition shall be comprised of simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood language and be in the form of a question. The proposition shall not exceed two hundred words in length and shall not include words that are struck through, underscored, or in boldface type. B. The secretary of state shall be responsible for ensuring that the proposition complies with the requirements of this Section. Added by Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1993, No. 426, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2003, No. 1220, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 136, §1, eff. June 6, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 138, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 60, §1, eff. May 16, 2014.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.1. Recall authorized

RS 1300.1 - Recall authorized  Any public officer, excepting judges of the courts of record, may be recalled in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. However, no recall petition may be submitted for certification to or accepted for certification by the registrar of voters or any other official if less than six months remain in the term of office. The secretary of state shall not accept a recall petition for filing if less than six months remain in the term of office. The secretary of state shall endorse the date and time of receipt of such a recall petition, mark "invalid" on the petition, and return the petition forthwith, either personally or by registered or certified mail, to the chairman designated in the recall petition.  Acts 1992, No. 949, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 2019, No. 374, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.4. Signature to recall petition

RS 1300.4 - Signature to recall petition No person may sign any name to a recall petition other than his own, except in a case where a person is unable to write, in which case the incapacitated person shall affix his mark to the petition and the person circulating the petition shall affix the name and address of the incapacitated person, as well as the date on which the incapacitated person affixed his mark to the petition, provided he does so in the presence of two witnesses who shall also sign their names as witnesses to the mark. Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.5. Chairman and vice chairman designated in petition; petition designated as a public record

RS 1300.5 - Chairman and vice chairman designated in petition; petition designated as a public record  A. The recall petition shall designate a chairman to act for the signers of the petition in all matters, and a vice chairman to act on order of the chairman or in case of the death, disability, absence, or resignation of the chairman. The petition shall include the full name, signature, and residence address of the chairman and the vice chairman. The chairman and vice chairman each shall be a qualified voter in the voting area from which the public official whose recall is being sought is elected.  B. Upon the signature of the first elector, the recall petition, including the name, address, and signature of each elector who has signed thereon, shall be a public record. The chairman, or the vice chairman when acting as the chairman, shall be the custodian thereof. The petition and the custodian shall be subject to all of the provisions of R.S. 44:31 et seq.  C. Upon the filing of the petition pursuant to R.S. 18:1300.2(C)(2), the chairman, or the vice chairman when acting as chairman, shall no longer be the custodian thereof.  Acts 1989, No. 727, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2001, No. 21, §1; Acts 2018, No. 535, §1, eff. May 23, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.6. Reason for recall stated in petition

RS 1300.6 - Reason for recall stated in petition  The petition shall contain a clear statement of the reason or reasons for the recall.  Acts 2018, No. 257, §1, eff. May 15, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.8. Voting area

RS 1300.8 - Voting area A. The voting area for an election to recall an officer is the area which composes the state, district, parish, municipality, or ward that the officer represents as of the date the petition is filed with the secretary of state. B. This area is the basis on which to determine whether the handwritten signatures to the recall petition are sufficient and proper; the number of handwritten signatures required is determined by calculation of the number of electors of the voting area as set forth in R.S. 18:1300.2. Acts 1995, No. 555, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §7. NOTE: See Acts 2001, No. 1032, §17.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.9. Recall elections, conduct in accordance with Election Code

RS 1300.9 - Recall elections, conduct in accordance with Election Code Elections for the recall of any public officer shall be held under and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Louisiana Election Code, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 292, §2, eff. July 6, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.10. Commissioners of election

RS 1300.10 - Commissioners of election The parish board of election supervisors shall name the three commissioners who shall compose the three election commissioners. Acts 1988, No. 907, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.11. Preparation of ballots; marking of ballots

RS 1300.11 - Preparation of ballots; marking of ballots The ballots at recall elections shall be provided and supplied in the same manner as the ballots for general elections, and in accordance with general election laws, except as provided in this Chapter. The top of the ballot shall provide in large capital letters: "SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE RECALL OF (Here state name and title of the officer whose recall is at issue.)" Then shall follow the number and name of the election district and the location of the polling place. Then shall follow the dates of the election. Then shall follow, in separate lines on the ballot, the following: "FOR the Recall. _____ AGAINST the Recall. _____" After the words "FOR the Recall", shall be a blank square, and after the words "AGAINST the Recall", shall be a blank square. The ballot shall provide instructions for voting. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 166, §1, eff. July 14, 1982; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.12. Results of election

RS 1300.12 - Results of election The majority of the votes cast shall determine the result of the recall election. If the proposition for the recall does not receive a majority of the votes cast, the effort to recall shall have failed. Votes shall be tabulated and returns made, declared, and promulgated as at a general election. Acts 1995, No. 555, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.13 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.13. Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions

RS 1300.13 - Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions  A. When the majority is in favor of the recall, the public officer is, ipso facto, recalled and removed from office, and the office shall be vacated upon expiration of the time period for contesting the recall election set forth in R.S. 18:1405(H) if an action contesting the recall election is not commenced timely or when the final judgment becomes definitive if an action contesting the recall election is commenced timely, and the office shall be filled as in the case of ordinary vacancies and according to the constitution and laws of the state.  B.(1) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall not be appointed to succeed himself in the office from which he was recalled and removed.  (2)(a) A public officer who has been recalled and removed from office shall be ineligible as a candidate at an election called to fill the vacancy created by the recall of such public officer.  (b) If the recalled public officer was removed from office as a member of the governing authority of a municipality governed by Part I of Chapter 2 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, he shall also be ineligible as a candidate at an election to fill a vacancy on the governing authority that is held prior to the next regularly scheduled election for members of the governing authority following the recall of the public officer.  Amended by Acts 1979, No. 229, §2, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 690, §1; Acts 2015, No. 50, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.14 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.14. Failure of recall

RS 1300.14 - Failure of recall In case any election is called and held for the purpose of deciding upon whether or not any public officer shall be recalled, and at the election the effort to recall fails, then no election shall be held to recall the same officer within eighteen months from date of the election at which the recall failed to carry.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.15. Recall proceedings involving governor or Secretary of State

RS 1300.15 - Recall proceedings involving governor or Secretary of State In all cases where the governor's office is involved in a recall election, the Secretary of State shall issue the proclamation and act in all matters where it is made the duty of the governor to act, and in case the office of Secretary of State is involved, then the governor shall act instead of the Secretary of State.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.16. Penalty

RS 1300.16 - Penalty Whoever violates any provision of this Chapter shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.17 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.17. Right to contest preserved

RS 1300.17 - Right to contest preserved Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed to deny to any public officer recalled, or whose recall is sought, the right to contest the recall, or any proceedings in relation thereto, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for fraud or other illegality. The procedural provisions of Chapter 9, Part I, of this Code shall be applicable to such actions. Acts 1986, No. 669, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.22. Calling of gaming elections as required by the constitution

RS 1300.22 - Calling of gaming elections as required by the constitution A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except as otherwise permitted in Subsection B of this Section, any election required by Article XII, Section 6(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana may be called only by an enactment of the legislature which specifically authorizes each such election. B. If the election is required by Article XII, Section 6(C)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, then such an election may be called either by law or by the adoption of a resolution or ordinance of the governing authority of the parish in which such an election would be required provided the license to conduct such riverboat gaming has been approved, subject to the outcome of the election, by the Gaming Control Board prior to the authorization for the election. The election authorized by this Subsection shall only apply to those parishes in which a majority of the electors of the parish voted to permit riverboat gaming in the election authorized in R.S. 18:1300.21, and conducted at the 1996 congressional general election. Acts 1997, No. 1235, §1, eff. July 15, 1997.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1300.23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1300.23. Riverboat gaming election; procedure; Bossier Parish

RS 1300.23 - Riverboat gaming election; procedure; Bossier Parish A. A referendum election, as required by Article XII, Section 6(C)(2) of the Constitution of Louisiana, may be called by ordinance or resolution by the parish governing authority and may be held in Bossier Parish on July 19, 1997, or on a succeeding appropriate date selected by the parish governing authority and as provided by law, to consider the proposition of whether to allow additional riverboat gaming, gambling, or wagering operations and activities in Bossier Parish pursuant to a new license to be issued by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board in accordance with the decision of the board entered on March 13, 1997. B. The proposition on the ballot shall be stated as follows: Shall additional riverboat gaming operations be allowed at a berth or docking facility in Bossier Parish pursuant to a new license to be issued by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as provided in the board decision entered on March 13, 1997? Yes ( ) No ( ) C. If a majority of those voting thereon vote in favor of allowing such additional riverboat gaming operations and activities, then such additional gaming operations and activities may be conducted in Bossier Parish in accordance with law, subject, however, to the licensing and regulatory authority of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. No such additional gaming operations and activities shall be conducted unless and until a license is issued by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. D. Except as provided in this Section, the election shall be conducted as provided in Chapter 6-B of this Title, including but not limited to those provisions providing for the responsibility of the parish governing authority to provide notice to the public as provided by law. Acts 1997, No. 36, §1, eff. May 29, 1997.