When a person who qualified as a candidate in a party primary election for the office of party nominee dies after the close of the qualifying period and before the time for closing the polls on the day of that party primary election, the name of the deceased candidate shall not be printed on the party primary election ballot. If the party 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.
La. R.S. § 18:410.6