2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 18 Louisiana election code :: RS 18:1401 Objections to candidacy, contests of elections, contests of certification of recall petition; parties authorized to institute actions

CHAPTER 9.  CONTESTS AND CHALLENGES

PART I.  PROCEDURE FOR OBJECTIONS TO CANDIDACY

AND ELECTION CONTESTS

§1401.  Objections to candidacy and contests of elections; parties authorized to institute actions

A.  A qualified elector may bring an action objecting to the candidacy of a person who qualified as a candidate in a primary election for an office in which the plaintiff is qualified to vote.

B.  A candidate who alleges that, except for substantial irregularities or error, or except for fraud or other unlawful activities in the conduct of the election, he would have qualified for a second party primary election or for a general election or would have been elected may bring an action contesting the election.

C.  A person in interest may bring an action contesting any election in which any proposition is submitted to the voters if he alleges that except for irregularities or fraud in the conduct of an election the result would have been different.

D.  A qualified elector may bring an action objecting to the calling of a special election to fill a vacancy if he alleges that no special election should have been called or that the special election was called on an improper day.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.  Amended by Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1980, No. 564, §1, eff. July 23, 1980; Acts 1989, No. 662, §8, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1999, No. 254, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.