§452.  Classification of candidates

Candidates are classified according to the character of the office they seek and are designated as follows:

(1)  State candidates are candidates for offices voted on throughout the state or throughout a congressional district, justice of the supreme court, judge of a court of appeal, and candidates for membership on a state board or commission.

(2)  Local candidates are candidates for the state legislature and other district offices not included in Paragraph (1) of this Section; parochial offices, including the office of parish judge; and ward offices.

(3)  Municipal candidates are candidates for city, town, and village offices.

Acts 1976, No. 697, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.