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urn: urn:us-la:rs:18:1252
citation: "R.S. 18:1252"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 18 › Chapter 6 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1976, number: 697, section: 1, effective_date: 1978-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1977, number: 588, section: 1, effective_date: 1978-01-01, role: amendment }
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# Qualifications

A. No person shall be elected as a presidential elector who is not a qualified elector of the district for which he is chosen, unless he is elected at large, in which case he shall be a qualified elector of the state. A candidate for presidential elector may be registered to vote with or without a declaration of party affiliation.

B. No United States senator, representative in Congress, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be elected a presidential elector.