RS 18:501 Procedure for withdrawal; refund of qualifying fees
SUBPART E. WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES
§501. Procedure for withdrawal; refund of qualifying fees
A. Procedure for withdrawal. Prior to the close of the polls on election day, a candidate in a primary or general election may withdraw from the election by filing notice of his withdrawal, signed by the candidate and duly acknowledged by him before an officer authorized to administer oaths, with the secretary of state, who shall forward a copy of the notice of withdrawal filed by a local or municipal candidate to the president of the board of election supervisors and the clerk of court of the parish in which the candidate has qualified.
B. Refund of qualifying fees. If the withdrawal is filed prior to the fifty-sixth day before the election, fifty percent of the qualifying fee paid by the candidate shall be refunded by the state treasurer from the escrow account in which these deposits were credited. If the withdrawal is filed on or after the fifty-sixth day before the election, the deposit shall not be refunded. However, if the fifty-sixth day falls on or before the seventh day following the last day for qualifying, the candidate shall have until the seventh day following the last day for qualifying to receive such a refund.
Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978; Acts 1984, No. 672, §1; Acts 1987, No. 831, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1988; Acts 1988, No. 329, §1; Acts 1990, No. 107, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.