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Definitions

Petitions submitted to registrars of voters

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 451, §1, eff. Jan. 12, 2004.

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Secretary of state; powers and duties

Political activities prohibited

Certain political activities prohibited; secretary of state

Contracts for storage of voting machines; public bid; negotiation

Contracts for a signature digitization/verification system

Maps; use of voting machines, technology, and other resources; fees; Voting Technology Fund

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State Board of Election Supervisors

Powers and duties; authority to intervene in actions

Annual reports

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 831, §2.

Political activities prohibited

State voter registration computer system; parish computer system

Louisiana Elections Integrity; administration of Part

Rule making power

Investigations and hearings; certain elections

Contesting election; referral for prosecution

Limitations on powers and duties of board

Annual reports

Staff; assistance to board

Elections compliance unit; powers and duties

Registrar for each parish; appointment; commission; bond and oath

Manner of appointment of the registrar

Qualifications of registrars

Tenure; removal from office; may not be own immediate successor

Qualification; date; duplicate oath; bond; approval of bond

Compensation of registrar of voters; amount and manner of payment; reduction during tenure prohibited; prohibited increase

Salary supplement

Reduction of compensation while holding office or employment prohibited

Powers and duties of registrars

Deputies, confidential assistants, and other permanent office employees; temporary employees; appointment and compensation; prohibited increase in compensation

Payment of state portion of salaries and expenses of registrars; secretary of state

Number of employee positions established; increase; decrease

Registrar of voters and unclassified employees; increased salary mandated; additional increase authorized

The Louisiana Voter Registration Administrators' Certification Program; requirements; compensation

Removal of deputies and employees

Deputy acting for registrar; administration of oaths

Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

Political activities prohibited

Ineligibility to hold elective or appointive public office

Attorney general as legal adviser to registrar

Retirement or resignation of a registrar

Mandatory duties of registrar; ministerial character; compelling performance by mandamus or other process; appeal

Registration to vote; qualifications; more than one residence; presidential elections

Verification of registration information

Ineligible persons

Persons with intellectual or cognitive disabilities

Personal appearance of applicant required; exceptions

Application for registration; form

Establishment of identity; proof of naturalization of foreign-born applicant

Physical disability; inability to write English; language minority groups; execution of documents; assistance

Change of registration for voters with disabilities and documentation establishing disability

Party affiliation not required for registration; change in party affiliation

Prior registration; surrender of certificate or notice of registration before new registration; change of place of registration

Notice of registration and change in registration

Removal from precinct; removal from parish

Change of name

Endorsement of changes

Denial of registration; remedies of applicant

Denial or cancellation of registration; correction of errors

Registration at driver's license facilities

Registration by mail

Electronic registration

Voter registration agencies

Training for accepting voter registration applications

Voter registration application form availability; firearm retailers

Place of registration; office and mobile registration unit defined

Offices furnished registrar; supplies; expenses

Branch offices; mobile registration units; mandatory registration drives

Temporary branch office; deputy registrar; appointment; compensation

Office hours

Close of registration

Close of voter registration; plan by secretary of state; gubernatorial and legislative approval

Custody of records

Required records

Destruction of records of the registrar of voters

Tax rolls

Records open to inspection; copying; exceptions

Refusal or neglect to grant right of inspection; remedies

Alteration, defacing, destruction, or removal of records

Delivery of precinct registers to election authorities

Retention of absentee by mail and early voting ballots and records; retention of registration records for federal elections

Report of convictions of felony

Conviction of felony in federal court; notification

Judgment of interdiction for mental incompetence

Deaths

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Voting list from Department of State

Suspension and cancellation of registration and challenge of unlawful registration on the basis of reports

Reinstatement of registration after suspension

Satisfaction of order of imprisonment; provision of information relative to registration and reinstatement

Notification on jury venire

Permanent registration

Annual canvass; costs

Challenge and cancellation of registration; notice; procedures

Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

Challenge of registrants in the United States Service or temporarily residing outside United States

Inactive list of voters; procedure for voting

Repealed by Acts 1979, No. 229, §5, eff. July 13, 1979

Registration; cancellation

Change of residence or change in address; inquiry by registrar; change of records

New registration necessary after cancellation

Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 176, §5, eff. June 14, 2017.

Change of address caused by action of a parish or municipal governing authority; use of information furnished by U.S. Postal Service

Redesignated to R.S. 18:66 by Acts 2017, No. 176, §6, eff. June 14, 2017.

Purpose and nature of primary and general elections

Election emergency; purpose; elections emergency contingency plan

Relocation of polling places; state of emergency

Emergency plan by secretary of state; gubernatorial and legislative approval

Terminated July 16, 2006. See Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 3, §1, eff. Feb. 23, 2006.

Dates of primary and general elections

Election records and papers; preservation; public record

Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 831, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2014, No. 60, §2, eff. May 16, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 729, §2, eff. June 1, 2014.

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 729, §2, eff. June 1, 2014.

Secretary of state; first assistant and other employees of the secretary of state

Clerks of court; deputy clerks and other employees of the clerk

Parish boards of election supervisors

Commissioners-in-charge

Commissioners

Consolidation of polling places; reduction of voting machines and election officials

Terminated on January 1, 2007. See Acts 2004, No. 693, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005 and Acts 2004, No. 746, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.

Alternate commissioners; qualifications, powers, and duties; oath and compensation

Election commissioners; compensation

Watchers

Law enforcement assistance to commissioners

Clerk of court; notification of cyber incidents

Commissioners; courses of instruction; certificates; reports; list of certified persons furnished by parish board of election supervisors

Examinations for courses of instruction

Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 907, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

Commissioners-in-charge; course of instruction; selection; commission; disqualification; replacement

Commissioners and alternate commissioners; selection; commission; disqualification; replacement

Watchers; appointment and commission

Election officials at certain special elections

Recognition

Organization

State central committee

State central committee; composition and apportionment

Alternate method; election; composition and apportionment

Parish executive committees

Parish executive committees; formation in parishes where no committee has been elected

Political party committees; election

Candidates for membership on political party committees; method of qualifying for a primary election

Parish executive committees; fundraising

Qualifications of candidates

Local ordinances affecting the qualifications of candidates

Qualifications of candidates for sheriff, tax assessor, and clerk of court

Displaced persons seeking to qualify; domicile, residence

Classification of candidates

Dual candidacy

Manner of qualifying

Ethics education requirement; certification for ethics education

Officials with whom candidates qualify

Notice of candidacy; campaign finance disclosure; political advertising; penalties

Qualifying fees; additional fees imposed by political party committees; financial statements

Nominating petitions

Time for qualifying in a primary election

Opening of qualifying period

Opening of qualifying period in event of change of date for primary election

Opening of qualifying period; exception

Close of the qualifying period

Reopening of qualifying period; effect

Disposition of notices of candidacy; qualifying fees; nomination petitions

List of candidates

Acts performed with or by clerk of court

Candidates who qualify for a general election

Number of candidates who may qualify for a general election

Effect of tie vote in a primary election

Standing to object to candidacy

Grounds for an objection to candidacy

Time for objecting to candidacy

Effect of sustaining an objection to candidacy

Initiation of action by district attorney; attorney general; court costs and attorney fees

Procedure for withdrawal

Effect of withdrawal

Notice of withdrawal and disqualification

Notice of cancellation of proposition

Election of candidates in a primary election

Election of candidates in a general election

Certification of candidates elected

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 584, §4, eff. May 28, 2018.

Qualifications of voters

Number of candidates for whom a voter may vote

Places for voting in primary and general elections

Exception to opening polls; alternative voting locations

Establishment of precincts

Changing boundaries

Establishment and location of polling places; responsibility for acts or omissions

Change of polling places

Notice of location of precincts and polling places

Notice of change of location of polling place

Enforcement, venue; penalty

Opening and closing of the polls

Termination of voting

Ballots

Election materials

Inspection and preparation of voting machines at polling places; precinct registers and supplemental list

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 480, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.

Poll lists

Prerequisites to voting

Procedure for voting

Assistance in voting on election day

Challenge of voters

Provisional voting for federal office; polling place and early voting

Provisional voting for federal office; order for extension of poll hours during an election for federal office

Tabulation and counting of provisional ballots for federal office

Administrative complaint procedure; scope

Definitions

Filing a complaint

Processing of complaint

Computation of time

Exemption

Judicial review

Procedures for commissioners after termination of voting

Transmission of election returns; voting machine keys; machine certificates

Evidence of election results

Compilation and promulgation of returns

Official results of a primary or general election

Election night returns

Definitions

Applicability

Procedure for anticipated vacancies

Repealed by Acts 1980, No. 792, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, No. 76, §2, eff. June 26, 1981

Procedure for vacancies

Vacancy in office of elective members of state boards and commissions

Vacancy in state legislative office; legislative service

Vacancies in certain local and municipal offices; exceptions

Persons designated to assume duties of vacant offices; salary and emoluments; power to appoint

Marshal of city or municipal court; temporary absence; vacancy

Vacancy in office of judge

Applicability

Retirements and resignations

Transmission of notices of retirements and resignations

Effect of filing of resignations

Judgment declaring office vacant

Filing of complaint

Official's opinion

Procedure

Subpart not exclusive

Election; time of electing

Qualifications

Nominating by political parties; certificates of nomination

Repealed by Acts 2020, No. 251, §2, eff. July 1, 2021.

Slates of candidates not affiliated with a recognized political party; nominating petitions and qualifying by payment of qualifying fees

Filing nominating petitions

Withdrawal of candidate

Objections to certificates of nomination, nominating petitions, and notices of candidacy for those qualifying by payment of fee

Vacancy in nomination; procedure; death of candidate

Arrangement of ballot; designation of party candidates

Votes for presidential electors

Determination of election results; tie vote; issuance of certificate

Credentials of electors

Meeting of electors

Vacancies; procedure

Compensation

Applicable laws

United States senators; representatives in congress; time of electing

Opening and closing of qualifications for candidates for United States senators and representatives in Congress

Declaration of candidacy by congressional candidates

United States senator and representative in Congress; qualifications

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.10

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.11

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.12

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.13

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.14

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.15

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.16

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.17

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.18

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.19

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.20

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.21

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.22

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.23

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section
1275.24

Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 570, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Repealed by Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 2, §4, eff. noon on Jan. 3, 2013.

Congressional districts

REPEALED BY ACTS 1992, NO. 42, §4, EFF. JUNE 1, 1992.

Repealed by Acts 1994, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 1, §2, eff. April 25, 1994.

Certification of votes cast for United States senator and representative in Congress

Vacancies; United States senator

Vacancies; representatives in congress

Contests

Section
1280.21

Presidential preference primary election

Section
1280.21.1

Presidential preference primary election and elections held at the same time in 2020

Section
1280.22

Candidates; procedure for qualifying

Section
1280.23

Conduct of election

Section
1280.24

Arrangement of ballot

Section
1280.25

Voting according to party affiliation

Section
1280.26

Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 681, §2, eff. July 21, 1983.

Section
1280.27

Delegates to political party conventions; selection; oaths; voting; allocation among presidential nominees

Statement of purpose

Political subdivision defined

Elections

Resolution calling election; proposition

Notice of election

Polling places; election officers

Authority to consolidate polling places; reduction of number of voting machines and election officials

Election officers; substitutes

Election officers; oaths

Penalty for violations

Qualification of voters

Voting

Canvass of returns

Proces verbal

Contests

Special election to increase interest rate

Repealed by Acts 1984, No. 672, §3.

Applicability

Question or proposition to be voted on; length

Procedures; notice of election; expenses

Recall authorized

Petition for recall election; campaign finance disclosure

Certification of registrar of voters; addition or withdrawal of signatures; form of names

Signature to recall petition

Chairman and vice chairman designated in petition; petition designated as a public record

Reason for recall stated in petition

Governor to order election; proclamation; publication

Voting area

Recall elections, conduct in accordance with Election Code

Section
1300.10

Commissioners of election

Section
1300.11

Preparation of ballots; marking of ballots

Section
1300.12

Results of election

Section
1300.13

Declaration of vacancy; prohibitions

Section
1300.14

Failure of recall

Section
1300.15

Recall proceedings involving governor or Secretary of State

Section
1300.16

Penalty

Section
1300.17

Right to contest preserved

Section
1300.21

Discontinuance of certain gaming activities, except as continued by local election

Section
1300.22

Calling of gaming elections as required by the constitution

Section
1300.23

Riverboat gaming election; procedure; Bossier Parish

Section
1300.24

Election on sports wagering

Section
1300.25

St. Tammany Parish riverboat gaming authorization and relocation election; procedure; specific location

Section
1300.31

Petition for neighborhood crime prevention and security district and parcel fee

Section
1300.32

Certification of registrar of voters; addition or withdrawal of signatures; form of names

Section
1300.33

Appropriate local governing authority to order election

Applicability

Definitions

Persons entitled to vote in compliance with this Chapter

Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 220, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Voting at polls prohibited

Preparation and distribution of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

Application by mail

Application by person serving on sequestered jury

Procedure for absentee voting by member of sequestered jury

Absentee voting by mail

Absentee voting by person serving on sequestered jury

Voting absentee by mail for candidates for presidential nominee, presidential candidates, and congressional candidates

Special provision for temporarily displaced persons

Early voting; verification

Preparation of machines for early voting; examination by candidate or his representative; sealing machines

Program for the conduct of early voting at additional locations

Assistance in voting during early voting

Execution of certificate; marking of ballot; casting vote; assistance

List of absentee by mail and early voters; posting; delivery of alphabetized list to precincts; supplements; absentee by mail voter report

Retention of ballots at registrar's office

Tabulation and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

Preparation, verification, tabulation, and counting of absentee by mail and early voting ballots

Repealed

Parish board commissioners

Challenge of absentee by mail or early voting ballot

Rejection of ballot having distinguishing marks

Repealed by Acts 2012, No. 138, §3, eff. May 14, 2012.

Applicability of election laws

Use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballot; presidential preference primary, presidential, and congressional elections

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. January 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 10, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Nursing home early voting program; voting by persons residing in a nursing home

Electioneering in connection with voting in nursing homes; enforcement; penalty

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 436, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Definitions

Use of voting machines throughout state; exception for failure of voting equipment, early voting, election day voting, absentee by mail, and provisional ballots

Secretary of state; powers and duties; voting systems and system components; voter registration

Parish custodian of voting machines; powers and duties; appointment of deputy custodians

Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 374, §3, eff. June 19, 2019.

Repealed by Acts 1987, No. 831, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1988.

Approval of voting systems or system components; certificate; expenses of examination

Method of procuring voting systems or system components; parts and supplies; contracting for the maintenance of voting machines

Voting System Commission; creation and organization; duties and responsibilities

Voting System Proposal Evaluation Committee; membership; duties

Number of machines; allocation to precincts; exception; reserve machines

Placement and sufficiency of voting machines and counting equipment for absentee by mail and early voting

Repealed by Acts 2021, No. 480, §3, eff. July 1, 2021.

Requirements for voting systems

Delivery and return of machines and supplies; contract; time of delivery

Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 369, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.

Notice of preparation of machines for election; preparation of machines for election; testing and adjusting; examination by candidate or his representative; securing and sealing machines

Equipment of polling places; location of machines

Duplicate keys

Release of voting machines; return to warehouse; retention of totals; clearing machines and election result cartridges

Repealed by Acts 1983, No. 681, §2, eff. July 21, 1983.

Apportionment of expenses

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Repealed by Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 130, §3, eff. April 23, 2002.

Election costs paid by secretary of state; governing authorities; reimbursement

Election costs paid by secretary of state; governing authorities; reimbursement

Election expenses incurred by clerks of court and registrars of voters; payment by secretary of state; payment by governing authorities

Elections costs for parish boards of election supervisors; payment of compensation; reimbursement; expenses

Costs and expenses of a presidential preference primary election

Costs and expenses of primary and general elections

Election expenses

Expenses incurred by registrars of voters conducting early voting; payment by secretary of state

Expenses incurred by secretary of state for overtime related to conduct of early voting and the election; payment by secretary of state

Section
1400.21

Help Louisiana Vote Fund

Objections to candidacy, contests of elections, contests of certification of recall petition; parties authorized to institute actions

Proper parties

Jurisdiction

Venue

Time for commencement of action

Petition; answer; notification

Appointment of agent for service of process

Service of process; sending notice and copies; documents to be filed

Trial; decision; appeal

Judgments in objection to candidacy, election contest, or contest of certification of recall petition; transmittal of certified copy to secretary of state

Depositions

Pleadings alleging fraud in conduct of election; delivery to attorney general and district attorney

Computation of time

Code of Civil Procedure

Discovery prior to filing a suit contesting an election

Fraudulent or illegal votes; uncounted votes; determination of election result

Remedies

Revote in precincts because of malfunctions

Revote in elections where precinct contained multiple election districts if result cannot be otherwise ascertained

Waiver of objections to voter qualifications when voter is not challenged at the election

Votes reported due to tabulation error; determination of result

Recount of absentee by mail and early voting ballots authorized

Costs of recount

Recount procedure

Bribery of voters; penalties

Coercion; prohibited practices; penalties

Election offenses affecting registration and election fraud or forgery; penalties

Election offenses affecting election officials or watchers; penalties

Election offenses involving threats or intimidation of voters; penalties

Election offenses involving bribery, threats or intimidation of election officials or candidates; penalties

Election offenses involving tampering with election equipment; penalties

Miscellaneous election offenses; penalties

Election offense; candidate; forfeiture of office

Acts prohibited during early voting or on election day; electioneering; intimidation; exceptions; enforcement; penalties

Registration of persons conducting exit polling during early voting or on election day; penalties

Political material; ethics; prohibitions

Telephone campaign communications; disclosure

Excessive charge for political advertisements prohibited; penalty

Prohibited use of public funds

Definitions

Conviction in fraudulent vote cases; prohibition from employment in elections

Contributions in return for endorsement; prohibition

Bribery of a candidate; crime defined; penalty

Political advertising; prohibition

Temporary restraining order; notice; hearing

Election offenses informational packet for candidates

Short title

Statement of purpose

Definitions

Disclosure reports; persons required to file

Filing; receipt by supervisory committee; special penalties

Proposition elections; required reports; recall elections

Reports, name and address

Registration of political committees

Statement of dissolution

Principal campaign committees; subsidiary committees; consolidation of reports

Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund

Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures

Reports required; reporting times and periods

Reports; contents

Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 297, §2.

Report through committee

Campaign treasurers; campaign depositories; expenditures; petty cash fund

Maintenance of records; valuation of in-kind contributions and expenditures

Reports required; reporting times and periods; extension

Reports; contents

Small campaigns; affidavit in lieu of reports

Financial disclosure statements

Reports by persons not candidates or committees

Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 821, §2, eff. July 8, 2008.

Failure to submit report; failure to file report timely or properly

Contributions; expenditures; certain prohibitions and limitations

Subterfuge to avoid compliance with Chapter

Civil penalties; failure to file; timely and accurate filing; forfeiture

Civil penalties; violations of Chapter

Criminal penalties

Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure/Board of Ethics; functions; compensation; immunity

Supervisory Committee; rule-making authority; advisory opinions

Filing of reports; forms; notice

Supervisory committee; investigations

Section
1511.4.1

Enforcement; failure to file; failure to timely file

Procedure for enforcement; civil

Procedures for enforcement; criminal

Venue

Secrecy of proceedings

Immunity from prosecution; prohibition

Section
1511.10

False complaints

Section
1511.11

Precedence of actions; limitation of actions

Section
1511.12

Legislative intent

Transportation of voters

Disclosure of expenditures for election day

Exception

Persons authorized to file reports

Reports; contents; due dates

Contribution limitations

Penalties

Sections
1651. 1651 to 1844

redesignated by Acts 1991, No. 74, §3. See, now, Title 11.

Purpose

State liaison

Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 550, §2.

Cooperation of state agencies and officials

Cooperation of local governments and officials

Tabulation for reapportionment; legislature

Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 1137, §1.

Applicability

Time for reapportionment; submission under Voting Rights Act

Failure to comply; misfeasance; sanctions

Voting Rights Act submission by political subdivisions; copy to secretary of state

Preclearance of state reapportionment plan pursuant to Voting Rights Act; copy to secretary of state

Submission of redistricting plans to the secretary of state; required format

Maps of reapportioned districts; Department of Transportation and Development