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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:18:462",
  "title_number": "18",
  "section_number": "462",
  "citation": "R.S. 18:462",
  "heading": "Officials with whom candidates qualify",
  "text": "A. State candidates shall qualify for a primary election with the secretary of state or a person in his office designated to receive qualifying papers.\n\nB. Local and municipal candidates shall qualify for a primary election with the clerk of court for the parish in which the candidate is registered to vote.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "18",
      "name": "LOUISIANA ELECTION CODE"
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "5",
      "name": "PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "CANDIDATES"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "B",
      "name": "QUALIFYING FOR A PRIMARY ELECTION"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 18 › Chapter 5 › Part IV › Subpart B",
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      "act_year": 1976,
      "act_number": 697,
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      "effective_date": "1978-01-01",
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1991, 1st E.S., No. 1, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.",
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