NOTE: §410.8 as enacted by Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, eff. June 12, 2025, for certain purposes, and eff. Jan. 1, 2026, for all other purposes. See Acts 2024, No. 640 and Acts 2025, No. 386.

§410.8. Candidates not affiliated with a major political party; qualifying for the general election

            A. Any person who desires to become a candidate in a general election for a party primary office and who is not registered as being affiliated with a major political party shall file his notice of candidacy, which shall be accompanied by a nominating petition as provided in R.S. 18:465, with the appropriate qualifying official during the qualifying period established for the party primary election. The number of signatures required on such a nominating petition shall be as set forth in R.S. 18:465.

            B. A person filing a notice of candidacy as provided in Subsection A of this Section may be nominated only by persons who are qualified to vote on the office he seeks, who sign a nominating petition for him, and who are not affiliated with a major political party. The registrar of voters shall reject any signature on a nominating petition not in compliance with this Subsection.

            Acts 2024, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 1, §1, eff. See Act; Acts 2024, No. 640, §2, eff. See Act; Acts 2025, no. 386, §2, eff. See Act.