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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:18:575",
  "title_number": "18",
  "section_number": "575",
  "citation": "R.S. 18:575",
  "heading": "Official results of a primary or general election",
  "text": "A. Uncontested elections. The election returns compiled and promulgated by the secretary of state shall be the official results of a primary or general election for an office if an action contesting the election for that office is not commenced timely.\n\nB. Contested elections. If an action contesting a primary or general election is commenced timely, the final judgment in the action contesting the election shall determine the result of the election for that office. The result of a contested election shall not be official until the final judgment in the action contesting the election becomes definitive. The secretary of state shall promulgate results of a contested election in accordance with the final judgment of the court as soon as practicable after the final judgment becomes definitive.",
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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": "VI",
      "name": "ELECTION RETURNS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 18 › Chapter 5 › Part VI",
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      "act_year": 1976,
      "act_number": 697,
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      "act_year": 1997,
      "act_number": 1420,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1998-01-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "Jan. 1, 1998",
      "role": "amendment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 1420, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.",
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