2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 18 Louisiana election code :: RS 18:1317 Death of voter prior to opening of polls

§1317.  Death of voter prior to opening of polls

When the members of the board determine by proof satisfactory to them that a voter who has voted by absentee by mail or early voting ballot has died prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the election, they shall return the ballot or early voting application of the voter in the same manner as is provided in R.S. 18:1315 for the challenge of ballots.  However, the casting of an absentee by mail or early voting ballot by a voter who thereafter dies or the tabulation of such a ballot shall not invalidate the election.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981.  Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002; Acts 2005, No. 220, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.