§ 18:1432 — Remedies

Louisiana § 18:1432

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§1432. Remedies
A.(1) If the trial judge in an action contesting an election determines that it is
impossible to determine the result of election, or the number of qualified voters who were
denied the right to vote by the election officials was sufficient to change the result in the
election if they had been allowed to vote, or the number of unqualified voters who were
allowed to vote by the election officials was sufficient to change the result of the election if
they had not been allowed to vote, or a combination of these factors would have been
sufficient to change the result had they not occurred, the judge may render a final judgment
declaring the election void and ordering a new party primary, primary, or general election for
all of the candidates, or, if the judge determines that the appropriate remedy is the calling of
a restricted election, the judge may render a final judgment ordering a restricted election,
specifying the date of the election, the appropriate candidates for the election, the office or
other position for which the election shall be held, and indicating which voters will be
eligible to vote.
(2) If the trial judge in an action contesting an election for the recall of a public
officer determines that: it is impossible to determine the result of election, or the number of
qualified voters who were denied the right to vote by the election officials was sufficient to
change the result in the election, if they had been allowed to vote, or the number of
unqualified voters who were allowed to vote by the election officials was sufficient to change
the result of the election if they had not been allowed to vote, or a combination of these
factors would have been sufficient to change the result had they not occurred, the judge may
render a final judgment declaring the election void and ordering a new recall election, or, if
the judge determines that the appropriate remedy is the calling of a restricted election, the
judge may render a final judgment ordering a restricted election, specifying the date of the
election, and indicating which voters will be eligible to vote.
(3) If the trial judge in an action contesting an election on a proposition determines
that it is impossible to determine the result of an election, or the number of qualified voters
who were denied the right to vote by the election officials was sufficient to change the result
in the election if they had been allowed to vote, or the number of unqualified voters who
were allowed to vote by the election officials was sufficient to change the result of the
election if they had not been allowed to vote, or a combination of these factors would have
been sufficient to change the result had they not occurred, the judge may render a final
judgment declaring the election void and ordering a new proposition election, or if the judge
determines that the appropriate remedy is the calling of a restricted election, the judge may
render a final judgment ordering a restricted election, specifying the date of the election, and
indicating which voters will be eligible to vote.
B. If the trial judge determines that an action contesting an election or objecting to
candidacy was filed frivolously, he may award all costs of court, plus a reasonable attorney
fee, plus damages, to the defendant.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1995, No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2019, No. 374, §1, eff. June 19, 2019; Acts 2024, No. 640, §1, eff. See Act; Acts 2025, No. 386, §4, eff. June 20, 2025 .