§ La. R.S. 18:1279(untitled)

Vacancies; representatives in congress
When a vacancy occurs in the office of representative in congress, the governor shall determine the
dates on which the special elections shall be held and the dates of the qualifying period in accordance with
R.S. 18:402 and shall issue a proclamation ordering a special election and specifying the dates on which the
first party primary, second primary, if necessary, and general elections will be held and the dates of the
qualifying period for the election. Within twenty-four hours after issuing the proclamation, the governor
shall send a copy of the proclamation to the secretary of state, who shall within twenty-four hours of receipt
of the information notify all election officials having any duty to perform in connection with a special
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election to fill such vacancy, including the parish boards of election supervisors for the parish or parishes
in which the vacancy occurred. Immediately thereafter the secretary of state shall publish the proclamation
in the official journal of each parish in which the election is to be held. The election shall be conducted in
the same manner and at the same places and the returns shall be certified as in regular congressional
elections. If at a primary or general election in a congressional district one representative in congress is to
be elected for a full term and another to fill a vacancy, the ballots containing the names of the candidates
shall, as a part of the title of the office, designate the term for which the candidates are respectively
nominated.