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2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 18 - Louisiana Election Code
RS 18:1376 - Release of voting machines; return to warehouse; retention of totals; clearing machines and election result cartridges

Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 18:1376 (2018)
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§1376. Release of voting machines; return to warehouse; retention of totals; clearing machines and election result cartridges

A. Immediately upon completion of the tabulation of the returns and the securing and, if applicable, sealing of the machines at the polling place, the machines shall be released to the parish custodian or his deputy. The parish custodian shall ensure that all voting machines used at the polls within the parish are returned to the appropriate warehouse no later than forty-eight hours after the polls close on election day. Proper provisions shall be made for safeguarding machines after the polls close.

B.(1) For all elections subject to the provisions of this Title, the parish custodian shall ensure that the vote totals on any election result cartridges and the voting machines are retained and that the voting machines are secured and, if applicable, sealed until the secretary of state directs that the voting machines and any election result cartridges be cleared in accordance with Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.

(2) If an action contesting an election is not instituted within the period of time prescribed in R.S. 18:1405(B), then on the day after the lapse of the time for filing such an action the secretary of state shall direct that the voting machines and any election result cartridges be cleared. If an action contesting such an election is timely filed, the secretary of state shall direct that the voting machines and any election result cartridges be cleared when the trial judge certifies to him that the court has obtained all the information from the machines or cartridges necessary for the trial of the action. The trial judge shall so certify no later than the end of the sixth day after the day on which the suit was filed.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 506, §1; Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 1982, No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1982, No. 778, §1, eff. Aug. 4, 1982; Acts 1983, No. 519, §1, eff. July 8, 1983; Acts 1984, No. 712, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1985, No. 754, §1; Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1989, No. 283, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1995, No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §1, eff. April 23, 2002.

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