2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:1292 - Canvass of returns
§1292. Canvass of returns
On the date and at the hour and place specified in the notice of election, the governing authority ordering the election, in public session, shall examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. The result shall be promulgated by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision or, if there is none, in a newspaper of general circulation in the parish or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the parish, then in a newspaper of general circulation in an adjoining parish.
Added by Acts 1977, No. 545, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
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