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Hundreds of third-party and independent candidates have run for state legislative seats in the state of Louisiana. Louisiana state law disallows write-in candidates for public office. [1] Only candidates who achieved more than 5% of the vote since 1982 are included.
The Louisiana Civil Code (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. [1] The Louisiana Civil Code is based on a more diverse set of sources than the laws of the other 49 states of the United States: substantive law between private sector parties has a civil law character, based on the French civil code and Spanish codes and ultimately Roman law, with some common law ...
Louisiana State Legislature. Sessions, 1997-current "Legislative History Research Guide" (PDF). Law Library of Louisiana. "Louisiana State Legislative History". Tulane University Law School Library. "Louisiana Resources: Statutes & Legislation". Research Guides: U.S. States. Georgetown University Law Library.
Louisiana will shift to closed party primary elections for some offices in 2026 after Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law this week that will change the way the state's voters elect their ...
The race to replace term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards tops the list of contests Louisiana voters will decide this Saturday in one of only three gubernatorial elections scheduled for ...
The First Constitution of the State of Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Published for the Historic New Orleans Collection by the Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-0158-3. Palmer, Vernon Valentine (2012). Through the Codes Darkly: Slave Law and Civil Law in Louisiana. Clark, LA: Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 978-1616193263. Rault Jr., Gerard A. (1989).
Louisiana law clearly allows for a new election to be ordered when the outcome of an election cannot be determined. Judge Bleich pointed to 11 defective votes, which obviously exceed Chief ...
The political balance in Louisiana was heavily affected by the post-Hurricane Katrina departure from New Orleans. Heavily Democratic New Orleans lost some 1/3 of its population. The overall effect reduced the Democrats' base of support in the state and turned Louisiana into a Republican-leaning state thereafter. New Orleans remained Democratic ...