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urn: urn:us-la:rs:18:575
citation: "R.S. 18:575"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 18 › Chapter 5 › Part VI"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1976, number: 697, section: 1, effective_date: 1978-01-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1997, number: 1420, section: 1, effective_date: 1998-01-01, role: amendment }
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# Official results of a primary or general election

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.

B. 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.