Louisiana § 18:1433 Revote in precincts because of malfunctions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 18:1433 — Revote in precincts because of malfunctions

Louisiana § 18:1433

Title 18Conservation

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La. Stat. Ann. § 18:1433 (2026).

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§1433. Revote in precincts because of malfunctions

A.Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1432, if a discrepancy sufficient to change the result of the election between the total votes cast at an election and the votes counted for the candidates in the election or for or against the recall of a public officer occurs as a result of the malfunction of a voting machine or results tape and results cartridge, and an accurate count of the votes cast on the malfunctioning machine or results tape and results cartridge cannot be determined by the offering of circumstantial evidence or any other evidence, the court shall order a revote in the precinct where the voting machine or results tape and results cartridge malfunctioned, which shall be limited to those persons listed on the poll list as

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§1433. Revote in precincts because of malfunctions
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1432, if a discrepancy sufficient to
change the result of the election between the total votes cast at an election and the votes
counted for the candidates in the election or for or against the recall of a public officer occurs
as a result of the malfunction of a voting machine or results tape and results cartridge, and
an accurate count of the votes cast on the malfunctioning machine or results tape and results
cartridge cannot be determined by the offering of circumstantial evidence or any other
evidence, the court shall order a revote in the precinct where the voting machine or results
tape and results cartridge malfunctioned, which shall be limited to those persons listed on the
poll list as having cast their ballots in person at the polls in the election in which the machine
or results tape and results cartridge malfunctioned.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1432, if a discrepancy sufficient to
change the result of the election between the total votes cast at an election and the votes
counted for the candidates in the election or for or against the recall of a public officer occurs
as a result of the malfunction of a voting machine or results tape and results cartridge used
for early voting, and an accurate count of the votes cast on the malfunctioning machine or
results tape and results cartridge cannot be determined by the offering of circumstantial
evidence or any other evidence, the court shall order a revote of electronic early voting
ballots in the parish where the voting machine or results tape and results cartridge used for
early voting malfunctioned, which shall be limited to those persons who voted during early
voting in the election.
C. Those persons who cast their votes by paper absentee by mail or early voting
ballots in that election shall not be eligible to vote in the revote election. The votes cast by
paper absentee by mail or early voting ballot in the first election shall be retained, counted,
and added to the voting machine totals in the revote election.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 220, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2012, No. 138, §1, eff. May 14, 2012; Acts 2019, No. 374, §1, eff. June 19, 2019.