2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 18 Louisiana election code :: RS 18:467 Opening of qualifying period

§467.  Opening of qualifying period

The qualifying period for candidates in the first party primary or primary election shall open:

(1)  For candidates in a gubernatorial primary election and those in any special primary election to be held at the same time, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September of the year of the election.

(2)  For candidates in a primary or congressional first party primary election and those in any special primary or first party primary election to be held at the same time, on the second Wednesday in July of the year of the election.

(3)  For candidates in a primary election for municipal and ward officers who are not elected at the same time as the governor or members of congress in municipalities with a population of less than four hundred seventy-five thousand and those in any special primary election to be held at the same time, on the second Wednesday in February of the year of the election, unless the primary election is held on the second or third Saturday in February; in such case the qualifying period for candidates in such primary election shall open on the second Wednesday in December of the year prior to the election.

(4)  For candidates in a primary election for parochial and municipal officers in a parish containing a municipality with a population of four hundred seventy-five thousand or more and in which the municipal and parochial elections are held at the same time, on the second Wednesday in December preceding the year of the election.

(5)  For candidates in any other special primary election, except for the office of judge, state legislator, or representative in Congress, on the first Wednesday which is at least five days after publication of the proclamation ordering the special election.

(6)  For candidates in a primary election held on the third Saturday in October of 1981 and every fourth year thereafter, on the second Wednesday in August of the year of the election.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.  Amended by Acts 1977, No. 545, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1978, No. 720, §1; Acts 1979, No. 229, §1, eff. July 13, 1979; Acts 1982, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 673, §1, eff. Jan 1, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1990, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 277, §1; Acts 1992, No. 949, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 1114, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2006, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, No. 240, §1.