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  "title_number": "18",
  "section_number": "426",
  "citation": "R.S. 18:426",
  "heading": "Alternate commissioners; qualifications, powers, and duties; oath and compensation",
  "text": "A. Qualifications. An alternate commissioner shall meet the same qualifications of a commissioner as provided in R.S. 18:425(B).\n\nB. Powers and duties. An alternate commissioner who replaces an absent or unqualified commissioner shall have the same powers and duties and shall possess the same qualifications as a commissioner.\n\nC. Oath and compensation. An alternate commissioner who replaces an absent or unqualified commissioner shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties as a commissioner, take the same oath as a commissioner, and he shall receive the same compensation as a commissioner.",
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      "name": "LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE"
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      "number": "5",
      "name": "PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS"
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      "number": "II",
      "name": "ELECTION OFFICIALS"
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