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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:18:1264",
  "title_number": "18",
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  "citation": "R.S. 18:1264",
  "heading": "Vacancies; procedure",
  "text": "If one or more of the presidential electors fails for any cause to attend at the appointed place at 12:00 noon of the day prescribed for their meeting, the other electors shall fill the vacancy by voice vote by no later than 4:00 p.m. Any person selected to fill such a vacancy in the office of presidential elector from a congressional district shall be a qualified elector of the district for which the vacancy occurred.",
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      "name": "LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE"
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      "number": "6",
      "name": "NATIONAL ELECTIONS"
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      "name": "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS"
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      "act_year": 1976,
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