Except for candidates for a party primary office, the candidates who qualify for each office remaining to be filled in the general election are those who received the two highest numbers of votes, the four highest number of votes, and so on among those not elected in the primary election, until the maximum number of candidates for each office on the general election ballot is reached.
R.S. 18:481 active rs title
Candidates who qualify for a general election ACTIVE
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History
- enactment Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978
- amendment Acts 2005, No. 282, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006
- amendment Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007
- amendment Acts 2010, No. 570, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011
- amendment Acts 2025, No. 386, §3, eff. June 20, 2025
- amendment Acts 2025, No. 386, §7, eff. June 20, 2025