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LA Rev Stat § 18:1461.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1461.6. Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties

RS 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 certification of election results, with intent to defraud, tamper with any voting equipment so as to attempt to influence the accurate and timely reporting of election results. (2) Unlawfully, directly or indirectly, possess, tamper with, break, impair, impede, or otherwise interfere with the maintenance, adjustment, delivery, use, or operation of any voting machine or part thereof or with any of the paraphernalia connected with or appertaining thereto. B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years, or both. Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1461.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1461.7. Miscellaneous election offenses; penalties

RS 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 registration drive within thirty days of receipt of the completed application from the applicant.  (2) As a voter, election official, watcher, or person assisting a voter, allow a ballot to be seen, except as provided by law; announce the manner in which a person has cast his ballot; place a distinguishing mark on a ballot with intent to make the ballot identifiable, or make a false statement concerning ability to mark a ballot without assistance.  (3) When assisting a voter in voting, fail to mark the ballot or vote in the manner dictated by the voter.  (4) Being a physician, optometrist, physician assistant as defined in R.S. 37:1360.22, or nurse practitioner as defined in R.S. 37:913 certify to the disability of a voter under this Title or certify that a person will be hospitalized on election day, knowing such information to be false. NOTE: Paragraph (5) eff. until Jan. 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 381.  (5) Breach any mandatory provision of this Title. NOTE: Paragraph (5) as amended by Acts 2021, No. 381, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.  (5) Transmit or otherwise provide false or misleading information concerning an election from a source disguised to appear to be or while impersonating the secretary of state, a registrar of voters, a clerk of court, or other election official. NOTE: Paragraph (6) eff. Jan. 1, 2022. See Acts 2021, No. 381.  (6) Breach any mandatory provision of this Title.  B. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. On a second offense, or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.  C. No person shall:  (1) Possess any beverage of alcoholic content in a polling place after having been directed by a registrar or deputy registrar, commissioner-in-charge, commissioner or law enforcement officer providing assistance to maintain order at the polling place to remove or dispose of the beverage.  (2) Appear at a polling place in an intoxicated condition.  (3) Carry or possess a firearm while present in a polling place, except a peace officer as defined by R.S. 40:2402(3)(a), in the performance of his official duties.  D. Whoever violates any provision of Subsection C of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. On a second offense or any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.  Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2020, No. 28, §1, eff. June 4, 2020; Acts 2021, No. 381, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1461.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1461.8. Election offense; candidate; forfeiture of office

RS 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 as provided in R. S. 18:1461, 1461.2(A)(2) or (4), 1461.3(A)(3), 1461.4(A)(1) and 1461.5(A)(2) that is related to his campaign for such public office shall forfeit such public office. If such conviction becomes final prior to the candidate taking the oath of office for such public office, the candidate shall forfeit the public office and shall not be allowed to hold such public office and such public office shall be declared vacant at the time such conviction becomes final. If the conviction for such election offense does not become final until after such candidate has taken the oath of office for such public office, then, at the time such conviction becomes final, he shall forfeit such public office and shall be, ipso facto, removed from such public office and such public office shall be declared vacant. B. However, if such candidate held such public office at the time of the commission of the election offense, he shall be allowed to serve the remainder of the term he was then serving, but, at the time his conviction for the election offense becomes final, he shall forfeit the public office for the subsequent term. If he has taken the oath of office for the subsequent term, he shall, at the time the conviction for the election offense becomes final, forfeit such public office and shall be, ipso facto, removed from such public office and such public office shall be declared vacant. C. Any vacancy in a public office occurring as a result of the provisions of this Section shall be filled as in the case of ordinary vacancies and according to the constitution and laws of the state. Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1462.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1462.1. Registration of persons conducting exit polling during early voting or on election day; penalties

RS 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 be free from intimidation, harassment, confusion, obstruction, and undue influence in the campaign-free zone provided in R.S. 18:1462(A) by individuals conducting exit polling who have not registered with the secretary of state.  B. No person shall conduct an exit poll between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. within any polling place being used in an election on election day or during early voting, or within a radius of six hundred feet of the entrance to any polling place being used in an election on election day or during early voting, unless the person conducting the polling has filed a registration statement with the secretary of state prior to the start of early voting or election day, as applicable. The registration statement may be filed in person, by facsimile, or by electronic mail.  C. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for ten days, or both, for the first offense. For a second offense, the penalty shall be a fine of two hundred dollars or imprisonment for ten days, or both. For a third or subsequent offense, the penalty shall be a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment for ten days, or both.  Acts 2021, No. 13, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1464 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1464. Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penalty

RS 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 operating in this state shall assess or charge for political announcements and advertisements any amount which is in excess of the rates assessed and charged for regular commercial advertising. B. Whoever violates this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1465 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1465. Prohibited use of public funds

RS 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 of factual information relative to a proposition appearing on an election ballot. B. Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both. Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1466 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1466. Definitions

RS 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 of election supervisors. (b) Clerks and their employees who perform duties in the election process. (c) Registrars of voters and their employees. (d) The secretary of state and employees of his office who perform duties in the election process. (e) Commissioners, including the commissioner-in-charge. Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1467 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1467. Conviction in fraudulent vote cases; prohibition from employment in elections

RS 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, commissioner, watcher, or employee of a parish custodian of voting machines, or deputy of a clerk of court or law enforcement officer, shall thereafter be prohibited from serving in any of the positions aforementioned in any election or in connection with any election. Added by Acts 1977, No. 590, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1468 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1468. Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition

RS 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 for the purpose of endorsing, supporting, opposing, or securing an endorsement, support of or opposition to any candidate. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit the payment by a candidate, political committee, or other person, of funds or any thing of value to a person in return for the conducting, by such person to whom the payment is made, of a social function which is in support of or in opposition to a candidate or political committee of* which otherwise seeks to influence an election. B. The terms used in this Section shall be defined as in Chapter 11 of this Title. C. Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both. Added by Acts 1980, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2010, No. 797, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011. *SO IN ENROLLED BILL
LA Rev Stat § 18:1469 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1469. Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty

RS 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, directly or indirectly, a campaign contribution, by a candidate, political committee or other person, with the intention that the candidate will provide or influence another to provide the contributor or another person a position of public employment, an appointive governmental position, a public contract, or anything of apparent present or prospective value. B. The definitions of terms in Chapter 11 of the Louisiana Election Code shall be applicable to this Section. C. Whoever commits the crime of bribery of a candidate shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both. Added by Acts 1980, No. 786, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1470 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1470. Political advertising; prohibition

RS 1470 - Political advertising; prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, political campaign signs shall not be erected, displayed, or posted on any publicly owned property or right of way, or to or on any public utility pole or stanchion. Acts 1984, No. 225, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1471 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1471. Temporary restraining order; notice; hearing

RS 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 given to the adverse party and an opportunity had for a hearing prior to the local, state, or national election affected. B. After service of the notice, the temporary restraining order shall be assigned for hearing not less than ten days prior to the election. C. An appeal may be taken as a matter of right from a temporary restraining order relating to an alleged violation of the Louisiana Election Code. However, such an order shall be suspended during the pendency of an appeal unless the court in its discretion orders otherwise. Acts 1990, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1472 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1472. Election offenses informational packet for candidates

RS 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. The informational packet shall contain a summary of such offenses, the applicable enforcement procedures for such offenses, and the penalties for violations and a notice that questions concerning election violations should be directed to the attorney general or his designee and not to the official with whom the candidate qualifies. B.(1) The informational packet shall be disseminated to each qualifying candidate immediately upon receipt of the candidate's notice of candidacy. (2) When the notice of candidacy is filed by certified mail, by commercial carrier, or by an agent of the candidate, the informational packet shall be mailed within forty-eight hours of receipt of the notice of candidacy, via United States Postal Service first class mail, to the candidate at the address of his domicile as set forth in the notice of candidacy. C. The attorney general shall provide for the preparation of the informational packets, including a summary of the election offenses and penalties for violations. D.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (B)(2) of this Section, the informational packets concerning election offenses shall be disseminated at the same time the campaign finance disclosure informational packets are disseminated to qualifying candidates as provided in R.S. 18:463. The same procedure utilized in disseminating the campaign finance disclosure packets shall be used to disseminate the informational packet concerning election offenses. (2) The attorney general shall provide a sufficient number of the informational packets concerning election offenses to the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure who shall forward such packets to the officials with whom the candidates qualify at the time required for furnishing the campaign finance disclosure information to such officials for dissemination with the campaign finance disclosure information. Acts 1999, No. 1130, §1; Acts 2001, No. 47, §1; Acts 2001, No. 554, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1481 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1481. Short title

RS 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 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1482. Statement of purpose

RS 1482 - Statement of purpose The legislature recognizes that the effectiveness of representative government is dependent upon a knowledgeable electorate and the confidence of the electorate in their elected public officials. The legislature, therefore, enacts this Chapter to provide public disclosure of the financing of election campaigns and to regulate certain campaign practices. Acts 1980, No. 786, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1484 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1484. Disclosure reports; persons required to file

RS 1484 - Disclosure reports; persons required to file Except as otherwise specifically provided, the following persons or their campaign treasurers, if any, shall file reports of contributions and expenditures as more specifically provided in this Chapter: (1) Each candidate for major office or district office. (2) Each candidate for any other public office who does either of the following: (a) Makes expenditures in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars. (b) Receives a contribution in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period. For purposes of this Paragraph only, a contribution by a candidate for his own campaign for a public office other than a major office or district office shall not be considered in determining whether the candidate has received a contribution in excess of two hundred dollars in the aggregate. (3) Each political committee. (4) Any person other than a candidate or political committee required to file reports under the provisions of Part IV of this Chapter. Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Acts 1988, No. 994, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 2007, No. 144, §1, eff. June 25, 2007; Acts 2012, No. 411, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1487 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1487. Reports, name and address

RS 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 person if the full name and/or address is not available. Added by Acts 1988, No. 994, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1491.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1491.2. Statement of dissolution

RS 1491.2 - Statement of dissolution A. Each political committee, including any subsidiary committee, which after having filed an annual statement of organization wishes to dissolve or disband and (1) determines that it no longer meets the criteria in R.S. 18:1491.1(A), or (2) determines that it will no longer receive any contributions, loans, or transfers of funds and will no longer make any expenditures, loans, or transfers of funds, shall file a statement of dissolution with the supervisory committee prior to dissolving. No committee which has unpaid debts or obligations or which has any funds on hand shall file a statement of dissolution, until any debts or obligations have been paid or otherwise extinguished and any funds have been expended or otherwise distributed. A statement of dissolution shall include (1) a certified statement by the committee chairman and campaign treasurer, if any, that the committee has not received contributions, transfers of funds, or loans, or made expenditures, transfers of funds, or loans in the aggregate during the calendar year in excess of five hundred dollars and does not anticipate doing so, or (2) a certified statement by the committee chairman and campaign treasurer, if any, that the committee will receive no contributions, transfers of funds, or loans and will make no expenditures, transfers of funds, or loans, during the remainder of the calendar year. The committee shall file a report of contributions and expenditures containing the information required in R.S. 18:1491.7 with the statement of dissolution. B. No political committee shall dissolve or file a statement of dissolution as provided in Subsection A above and reorganize under a modified name, charter, or organizational structure merely as a subterfuge to avoid the reporting and other requirements of this Part. Any committee which dissolves or files a statement of dissolution as provided in Subsection A above and is thereafter recreated with substantially the same membership and purposes with the intent to avoid the requirements of this Part, for purposes of this Part, shall be deemed not to have been dissolved and shall be subject to the provisions of this Part as if no dissolution had taken place and no statement of dissolution filed. In addition, any committee which violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be subject to the penalties provided in R.S. 18:1505.4, R.S. 18:1505.5, and R.S. 18:1505.6. Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1491.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1491.8. Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports

RS 1491.8 - Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports Any political committee which did not receive a contribution in excess of two hundred dollars and which did not make expenditures totaling in excess of five thousand dollars in the aggregate during the aggregating period, may file an affidavit setting out such facts, in lieu of any report required by R.S. 18:1491.6; but a separate affidavit shall be required in lieu of any such report. Acts 1980, No. 786, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981. Acts 1988, No. 994, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
LA Rev Stat § 18:1491.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 18 - Louisiana Election Code|§1491.9. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 297, §2.

RS 1491.9 - Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 297, §2.