Louisiana § 38:1779 Voting hours

Louisiana Statutes

§ 38:1779 — Voting hours

Louisiana § 38:1779

Title 38Public Contracts, Works and Improvements

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La. Stat. Ann. § 38:1779 (2026).

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The polls shall be open on the date appointed at 7 o'clock A.M., and remain open until and not later than 6 o'clock P.M. No election shall be vitiated by the failure to open the polls at the time prescribed or by closing them before the time prescribed, unless on a contest, it be established that voters were thereby deprived of votes sufficiently in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.

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The polls shall be open on the date appointed at 7 o'clock A.M., and remain open until and not later than 6 o'clock P.M. No election shall be vitiated by the failure to open the polls at the time prescribed or by closing them before the time prescribed, unless on a contest, it be established that voters were thereby deprived of votes sufficiently in number and amount to have changed the result of the election.