2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 18 Louisiana election code :: RS 18:1275.21 Repealed by acts 2010, no. 570, §2, eff. jan. 1, 2011.

§1275.21.  Ballots

A.  Preparation.  The secretary of state shall prepare and certify the absentee ballots and the ballots to be used on the voting machines in the first and second party primary and general elections.

B.  Titles of offices.  The titles of the offices to be voted on in any primary or general election shall be printed on the ballot with capital letters in the following order:

(1)  United States senator.

(2)  United States representative.

C.  Names and numbers of candidates. The names of the candidates in any primary or general election shall be printed on the ballot as follows:

(1)  In any first party primary election only the names of candidates who qualified for election and were not subsequently disqualified by a judgment rendered in an action objecting to candidacy or who were not unopposed shall be printed on the ballot.  The name of each candidate shall be printed on the ballot in the form designated by the candidate in his notice of candidacy on file with the secretary of state.  The parties shall be arranged alphabetically, and under such party affiliation, the names of the candidates for each office shall be listed alphabetically by surname within each party and printed below the title of the office and below the respective party designation, in smaller capital letters.  The names of the candidates shall be numbered from first to last.  Once the secretary of state has assigned numbers to the candidates on the first party primary election ballot, the numbers shall not be changed.  If the qualifying period reopens because of the death of a candidate, additional candidates who qualify for the primary election shall be given the numbers following the number assigned to the last candidate on the ballot.  If two or more candidates have the same surname, the word "Incumbent" shall be printed after the name of each candidate having the same surname who is an incumbent and the residence address shall be printed after the name of each candidate having the same surname who is not an incumbent. The form of the ballot shall be the same for the second party primary election, but only the names of the candidates who qualified for such election shall be printed on the ballot.

(2)  In a general election only the names of the candidates who qualified for election and who were not subsequently disqualified by a judgment rendered in an action objecting to candidacy shall be printed on the ballot, and the names shall be printed in the same form as they were printed on the ballot for the first party primary election.  The names of candidates who qualified pursuant to R.S. 18:1275.17 shall be as they appear on the notice of candidacy.  The names of the candidates for each office shall be arranged alphabetically by surname, and shall be listed below the title of the office, in smaller capital letters.  The political party designation of a candidate shall be listed on the ballot as provided in R.S. 18:551(D).  The names of the candidates shall be given the same number assigned to them on the first party primary election ballot.  Additional candidates who qualify who were not on the first party primary election ballot shall be given the numbers following the number assigned to the last candidate on the ballot for the first party primary election.

Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.