---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:18:502
citation: "R.S. 18:502"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 18 › Chapter 5 › Part IV › Subpart E"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1976, number: 697, section: 1, effective_date: 1978-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1981, number: 77, section: 1, effective_date: 1981-06-26, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2015, number: 410, section: 1, effective_date: 2016-01-01, role: amendment }
---

# Effect of withdrawal

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 If the election ballot was printed with a withdrawn candidate's name on it, any votes received by the withdrawn candidate shall be null and void and shall not be counted for any purpose whatsoever.