Louisiana § RS 18:157 - Delivery of precinct registers to election authorities
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 18:157 — Delivery of precinct registers to election authorities, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 18:157. Delivery of precinct registers to election authorities
The registrar shall seal a precinct register for each precinct in the parish which is involved in the election, which shall contain both the official list of voters and inactive list of voters in each precinct and shall be bound in a pressboard binder, labeled with the correct ward and the precinct number, and shall surrender such to the contractor authorized by the secretary of state to deliver voting machines pursuant to R.S. 18:1371, not less than three days before the opening hour of the election.
Acts 1989, No. 179, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, No. 451, §6, eff. Jan. 12, 2004; Acts 2001, No. 1181, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 18:157 ("Delivery of precinct registers to election authorities") 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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