Louisiana § RS 18:494 - Effect of sustaining an objection to candidacy
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 18:494 — Effect of sustaining an objection to candidacy, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 18:494. Effect of sustaining an objection to candidacy
A. Disqualification. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, when an objection to candidacy is sustained on any of the grounds provided for in R.S. 18:492, the final judgment shall disqualify the defendant as a candidate in the primary election for that office.
B. Withdrawal. When an objection to candidacy is sustained on the ground that the defendant is prohibited by law from becoming a candidate for one or more of the offices for which he qualified in the primary election, the final judgment shall order the defendant to remove the grounds for the objection by withdrawing from the primary election for one or more of the offices. If the defendant fails to comply with this judgment within twenty-four hours after it becomes definitive, the court shall render judgment disqualifying the defendant as a candidate for all of the offices for which he qualified in the primary election.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 2024, No. 390, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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