§2585.3. Ballots; election procedures; counting; determination of whether the election was conducted according to duly established procedures

A. The administrative head shall arrange the names of the candidates in alphabetical order and shall assign a number to each. He shall place the name of each candidate who meets the requirements for candidacy in alphabetical order on the ballot, together with the number assigned to each. The ballot shall be uniform. Election procedures other than those provided by law shall be established by rule of each municipal or parochial civil service board. Such rules shall provide for secret ballots; for the time, place, and manner for ballot collection; for procedures to assure that no otherwise eligible person is prevented from voting by reason of physical incapacity, blindness, or illiteracy; and for procedures to assure that only eligible voters are allowed to vote and that ballot counting is accurate and proper.

B. All ballots shall be counted by a ballot-counting committee composed of two classified municipal or parochial employees named by each candidate and such additional number of classified municipal or parochial employees, named by each candidate, as the administrative head determines is necessary to complete the count.

C. The governing authority of the parish or municipality, with the assistance of the administrative head, shall determine if the election was held and the ballots counted according to law and the rules of the municipal or parochial civil service board.

D. Any ballot which is not timely returned, or which is returned in an envelope without a signature slip or with a signature slip improperly signed shall be marked "Rejected" by the ballot counting committee and shall not be counted by the ballot counting committee. In addition, the ballot counting committee shall reject any ballot upon which the name of more than one candidate is marked.

Added by Acts 1980, No. 563, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 253, §1.