La. Stat. tit. 18 § 410.6

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 18:410.6 - [Effective Until 8/1/2025] Death of a candidate; procedure

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

Added by Acts 2024EX1, No. 1,s. 1, eff. 1/1/2026.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.