§ La. R.S. 18:1259(untitled)

Arrangement of ballot; designation of party candidates
A. In any year in which presidential electors are to be elected, the secretary of state shall arrange
the voting machine ballot in such manner that the names of candidates for president and vice president shall
appear on the ballot in the first column, beginning at the top and proceeding downward. If necessary, the
listing of the names of candidates for president and vice president may continue in the second and succeeding
columns. The names of the presidential electors shall appear on the ballot in the manner as provided for in
Subsection B of this Section.
B.(1) The ballot shall be so arranged that the names of the candidate for president and the candidate
for vice president nominated by each recognized political party, by nominating petition, or by filing of
notices of candidacy accompanied by a qualifying fee shall appear prominently together with the name of
the presidential candidate on top and the name of the vice presidential candidate directly underneath.
(2) Directly to the left of the names of the presidential and vice presidential candidates shall appear:
(a) If nominated by a recognized political party, the name of the party and such national party
emblem, if any, or state party device, if any, as the state central committee of the party shall direct, and
(b) If nominated by a nominating petition or by the filing of notices of candidacy, the political
principle which the candidates support, as stated on the nominating petition or on the notices of candidacy,
if any, and the words "Nominating Petition" or the abbreviation "Nom. Petition" shall appear if nominated
by petition.
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(3) Immediately below the name of the party, or, if nominated by a nominating petition, the words
"Nominating Petition" or the abbreviation "Nom. Petition" shall appear the word "Electors".
(4) Immediately below the word "Electors" the names of the presidential electors nominated in
support of the nominees for president and vice president of that party or political principle shall appear.
(5) On a voting machine, there shall be a button or candidate selection button with which to mark
the ballot opposite each pair of names. On paper ballots, there shall be a single box within which to mark
the ballot opposite each pair of names.
(6) In preparing the ballots, the secretary of state shall arrange the names of the candidates of
recognized political parties alphabetically, according to the names of the parties, followed by the names of
the candidates nominated by nominating petitions and by the filing of notices of candidacy, listed
alphabetically by the first word of the political principle designated in the notice of candidacy.
C. No candidate nominated other than by a recognized political party shall use the name of any
recognized political party in the political principle designated in the notice of candidacy of such candidate.
D. The ballot shall contain the following statement: "A vote for candidates for president and vice
president is a vote for each of the electors supporting those candidates."