§1860. Canvass of returns; declaration and promulgation of results
On the day and hour and at the place named in the notice of election, the board of commissioners ordering the election shall, in public session, open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots in number and amount, examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. The result shall be promulgated by publication in one issue of a newspaper published in the parish, or in an adjoining parish where no newspaper is published in the parish.