Louisiana § RS 18:576 - Election night returns
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 18:576 — Election night returns, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 18:576. Election night returns
A. Immediately upon receipt of the tabulation blank and compiled statement forms or voting machine election result sheets and election result cartridges, where utilized, from the commissioners-in-charge, the clerks of court shall tabulate the results from each precinct in the parish.
B. Each clerk of court shall transmit the results of the elections to the secretary of state expeditiously and in accordance with rules and regulations which shall be adopted by the secretary of state.
C. The secretary of state shall compile the results of the elections immediately upon receipt of the results from the clerks of court and shall make the compiled results available to the press and public.
D. The election night results required to be compiled and transmitted by the provisions of this Section shall be unofficial.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 506, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1995, No. 300, §1, eff. June 15, 1995; Acts 2003, No. 1220, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 18:576 ("Election night returns") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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