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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:18:502",
  "title_number": "18",
  "section_number": "502",
  "citation": "R.S. 18:502",
  "heading": "Effect of withdrawal",
  "text": "A notice of withdrawal shall be effective when it is filed with the secretary of state if the notice satisfies the requirements of R.S. 18:501 or was filed pursuant to a court order as provided in R.S. 18:494(B), and the candidate who filed the notice no longer shall be qualified as a candidate in the election from which he withdrew. If the election ballot was printed with a withdrawn candidate's name on it, any votes received by the withdrawn candidate shall be null and void and shall not be counted for any purpose whatsoever.",
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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"
    },
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "CANDIDATES"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "E",
      "name": "WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES"
    }
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      "act_year": 1976,
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      "effective_date": "1981-06-26",
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      "act_year": 2015,
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      "effective_date": "2016-01-01",
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      "role": "amendment"
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 77, §1, eff. June 26, 1981; Acts 2015, No. 410, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.",
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