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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title18 > Rs18-1431PART II. COURT DETERMINATION OF ELECTION CONTESTS
§1431. Fraudulent or illegal votes; uncounted votes; determination of election result
When the court finds that one or more of the votes cast in a contested election are illegal or fraudulent, the judge shall subtract such vote or votes from the total votes cast for the candidate who received them if the contest involves election to office, or from the total vote for or against a proposition, if the contest is of an election upon a proposition. If the court determines that legal votes cast in the election were excluded in the total votes cast on a candidate or proposition, then these excluded legal votes shall be added to the total votes on the candidate or the proposition to which they are attributable. Thereafter, and after considering all the evidence, the court shall determine the result of the election.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
