2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:453 - Dual candidacy
§453. Dual candidacy
A. General prohibitions. A person shall not become a candidate in a primary or general election for more than one office unless one of the offices is membership on a political party committee, nor shall a person be a candidate at the same time for two or more different offices to be filled at separate elections.
B. Unexpired and succeeding term of office. A person may become a candidate in a primary or general election for the unexpired and the succeeding term of an office when both terms are to be filled at the same election.
C. Political party committees. A person may become a candidate in any primary or general election for membership on more than one committee of a political party, but a person may only become a candidate for one position, either at-large or from a political subdivision, on the same committee of a political party.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
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