RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 309 (SB 198) 2024 Regular Session Kleinpeter
Existing law (R.S. 18:453) provides that a person shall not become a candidate in a primary
or general election for more than one office unless one of the offices is membership on a
political party committee.
Existing law further provides that a person shall not be a candidate at the same time for two
or more different offices to be filled at separate elections.
New law provides an exception to existing law for a senator or representative in the United
States Congress who has been nominated as a candidate for president or vice president of
the United States and allows that member to become a candidate for either office in addition
to being a candidate for the office the member currently holds.
Effective May 28, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 18:453(D))