Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 31 - ELECTIONS
Part I - Election Process
Chapter 9 - Recognition of Political Parties
Section I-907 - Defects in a Registration Statement

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-907

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024

A. No registration statement of a political party shall be accepted by the Secretary of State, if the Secretary of State finds any of the following defects.

1. A political party's name is identical or deceptively similar to the name of any existing national party, yet the two political parties are not affiliated based on information from the national party.

2. A political party's name is identical or deceptively similar to the name of any currently recognized political party.

3. A political party's name is deliberately misleading or fraudulent in any respect.

4. A political party's emblem is deceptively similar to an emblem or trademark of any other existing recognized political party.

5. A political party that attempts to be recognized in this state with the name "Independent" or "the Independent Party."

6. A political party's registration statement is incomplete and/or does not provide the required information. In such a case, the political party may resubmit a completed notarized registration statement without having to pay an additional registration fee. The Secretary of State must receive a resubmitted registration statement no less than 90 days prior to the opening of the qualifying for any election, for recognition to apply in that primary or general election.

B. The Secretary of State shall return the rejected registration statement, along with the registration fee, except in the case of an incomplete statement, where the political party chooses to resubmit a completed notarized registration statement.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 18:441 and R.S. 36:742.

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