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urn: urn:us-la:rs:18:452
citation: "R.S. 18:452"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 18 › Chapter 5 › Part IV › Subpart A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1976, number: 697, section: 1, effective_date: 1978-01-01, role: enactment }
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# Classification of candidates

Candidates are classified according to the character of the office they seek and are designated as follows:

(1) State candidates are candidates for offices voted on throughout the state or throughout a congressional district, justice of the supreme court, judge of a court of appeal, and candidates for membership on a state board or commission.

(2) Local candidates are candidates for the state legislature and other district offices not included in Paragraph (1) of this Section; parochial offices, including the office of parish judge; and ward offices.

(3) Municipal candidates are candidates for city, town, and village offices.