§ 18:469 — Reopening of qualifying period; effect

Louisiana § 18:469

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 18: Conservation

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§469. Reopening of qualifying period; effect
A. When a person who qualified as a candidate and has opposition in a primary
election for a public office dies after the close of the qualifying period and before the time
for closing the polls on the day of the primary election, the qualifying period for candidates
in the primary election for that office shall reopen for candidates on the day after the death
and shall close at 4:30 p.m. on the third day after the death or, if that day is a legal holiday,
at 4:30 p.m. on the next day which is not a legal holiday. The name of the deceased
candidate shall not be printed on the primary election ballot. If the primary election ballot
was printed with the deceased candidate's name on it, any votes received by the deceased
candidate shall be void and shall not be counted for any purpose whatsoever.
B. Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 42, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.
C. Whenever the qualifying period is reopened as required by Subsection A of this
Section, the clerk of court shall cause notice of the reopening, listing the dates and times the
period shall run, to be posted in a prominent place at or near the courthouse door and also
in a prominent place in the office of the clerk of court. If the qualifying period is reopened
solely for the qualification of one or more municipal candidates, or if the municipal offices
to be filled by election are in a building other than the courthouse, the clerk of court shall
cause the notice provided for herein to be posted in a prominent place at or near the door of
the municipal building for the city for which the candidates are seeking an elective office,
as well as in the court house and the clerk's office as required by this Subsection.
D.(1) If the qualifying period for candidates reopens before a primary election and
the ballots have been printed, all of the votes cast in the primary election for that public
office are void, unless the qualifying period for the office reopened and closed without
additional candidates qualifying for the office. If additional candidates qualify for the office
and the votes for the primary will be void for that reason, the clerk of court with whom any
of the additional candidates qualified shall immediately publish in the official journal of the
parish a notice to the electorate that the election for that office has been voided because new
candidates qualified. Such notice shall include the dates for the rescheduled primary and
general elections. If the election district includes all or part of more than one parish, the
clerk of court shall notify the secretary of state, who shall notify the clerk of court of each
of the parishes, and the clerk of court shall publish such notice. If the additional candidates
have qualified with the secretary of state, he shall publish such notice in the official state
journal.
(2) If all the votes cast in a primary election for a public office are void because of
the death of a candidate, the primary election for the office shall be held on the date of the
general election, and the general election for the office shall be held on the fifth Saturday
after the primary election.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 523, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 292, §1, eff. July 6, 1978; Acts 1980, No. 445, §1, eff. July 21, 1980; Acts 1982, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 329, §1; Acts 1988, No. 909, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, No. 201, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2013, No. 383, §1, eff. June 18, 2013; Acts 2014, No. 42, §§1, 2, eff. May 16, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 176, §1, eff. June 14, 2017; Acts 2021, No. 381, §1, eff. June 17, 2021.