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Statutes > Louisiana > Rs > Title18 > Rs18-481SUBPART C. QUALIFYING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION
§481. Candidates who qualify for a general election
Except for candidates for the public office of United States senator or representative in Congress, candidates who qualify for each office remaining to be filled in the general election are those who received the two highest numbers of votes, the four highest number of votes, and so on among those not elected in the primary election, until the maximum number of candidates for each office on the general election ballot is reached.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2005, No. 282, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 560, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
