2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 33 - Municipalities and Parishes
RS 33:261 - Counting ballots; disposition of ballots and duplicate returns

§261. Counting ballots; disposition of ballots and duplicate returns

Immediately after the closing of the polls, the commissioners shall, in the presence of the bystanders, open the ballot box, count the ballots found therein, check the same with the list of voters, and count the ballots in number and amount. The commissioners shall keep duplicate tally sheets showing the votes in number in favor of and against the proposition submitted, and showing the valuation of property in favor of and against the same, and shall make duplicate compiled statements of the votes in number and amount, both in favor of and against the proposition submitted. Each commissioner shall swear to the correctness of the numbered list of voters, the duplicate tally sheets and duplicate compiled statements, and the commissioners shall then deposit the ballots, the registrar's list of voters, the numbered list of taxpayers voting, one duplicate tally sheet and one duplicate compiled statement, in the ballot box, immediately seal the ballot box, and within twenty-four hours after the closing of the polls, deliver the sealed ballot box with its contents to the authority ordering the election, and shall, within the period, deliver the duplicate tally sheet and the duplicate compiled statement to the clerk of the district court of the parish in which the election was held, who shall file the same in his office.