§ La. R.S. 18:1300.2(untitled)

Petition for recall election; campaign finance disclosure
A.(1) Whenever the recall of any public officer is sought, a petition shall be directed to the governor.
The petition shall be limited to the request that an election be called and held in the voting area for the
purpose of recalling the officer. No recall petition shall seek an election for the recall of more than one
public officer, individually, in the same recall petition.
(2) The secretary of state shall provide a form approved by the attorney general to be used for the
petition for a recall election. Such form shall include pre-printed line numbers and shall be in conformity
with all other provisions of this Chapter and R.S. 18:3. All recall petitions shall be on an approved form or
on a form which contains the same information as required by the approved form, and any petition not on
such a form shall be invalid.
B.(1) All signatures on recall petitions shall be handwritten.
(2) The petition shall be signed by a percentage of the total number of electors of the voting area
wherein and for which a recall election is petitioned as provided in Paragraph (3) of this Subsection.
(3)(a) If fewer than one thousand qualified electors reside within the voting area, the petition shall
be signed by at least forty percent of the electors.
(b) If one thousand or more but fewer than twenty-five thousand qualified electors reside within the
voting area, the petition shall be signed by at least thirty-three and one-third percent of the electors.
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(c) If twenty-five thousand or more but fewer than one hundred thousand qualified electors reside
within the voting area, the petition shall be signed by at least twenty-five percent of the electors.
(d) If one hundred thousand or more qualified electors reside within the voting area, the petition
shall be signed by at least twenty percent of the electors.
C.(1) Prior to the entering of any signatures on a petition, the chairman designated to represent the
petitioners shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the recall petition which will be used and copies of
a picture identification that contain the name and signature of the chairman and vice chairman, respectively,
or copies of current utility bills, bank statements, government checks, paychecks, or other government
documents that show the name and address of the chairman and vice chairman, respectively. Upon receipt
of the recall petition, the secretary of state shall provide to the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, a
document prepared by the secretary of state in conjunction with the Louisiana Registrars of Voters
Association, subject to approval as to content by the attorney general, providing general information on
petition requirements and deadlines. Upon receipt of the recall petition, the secretary of state shall endorse
thereon the fact and the date of filing, and this unsigned copy of the recall petition shall be a public record.
A copy shall be transmitted by the secretary of state to the registrar of voters for each parish in which the
recall election is to be held. The chairman shall list on the petition every parish that is wholly or partially
within the voting area where the recall election is to be held. The petition shall be considered filed when it
is received in the office of the secretary of state. Upon receipt of the recall petition, the secretary of state
shall produce a report of the number of qualified electors in the voting area wherein the recall election is
sought effective on the date of receipt of the recall petition and shall notify the registrar of voters in each
parish in the voting area of the number of qualified electors of the voting area in the parish for issuance of
the certification.
(2)(a) The signed and dated petition shall be submitted to the registrar of voters for each parish
within the voting area not later than one hundred eighty days after the day on which the copy of the petition
was filed with the secretary of state; however, where fewer than one thousand qualified electors reside within
the voting area, the petition shall be submitted to the registrar of voters not later than ninety days after the
day on which the copy of the petition is filed with the secretary of state. If the final day for submitting the
signed and dated petition falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline for filing such petition
shall be on the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Upon receipt of the signed and
dated petition, the registrar of voters shall affix the date received and a page number to the front of each page
of the petition.
(b) With the recall petition, the chairman shall also submit to the registrar of voters an affidavit
verifying the number of signatures submitted along with a statement that to the best of his knowledge all
documents submitted are originals and not photocopies.
(3)(a) The chairman shall file notice with the registrar on the third day before the petition is
submitted to the registrar that he will submit the petition and the date of such submission, unless such
submission is made within three days prior to the expiration of the period for submitting such petition. Such
notice of submission shall be a public record. If the notice filed with the registrar on the third day before the
petition is submitted includes a date for submitting the signed and dated petition which falls on a Saturday,
Sunday, or other legal holiday, the registrar shall so inform the chairman and advise the chairman of the next
day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday and on which the petition is to be submitted.
(b) The chairman shall provide written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the
public officer whose recall is sought on the third day before the petition is submitted to the registrar.
D. Each elector, at the time of signing the petition, shall enter his address and the date on which the
elector signed beside or underneath his signature; however, if a person is unable to write, as provided in R.S.
18:1300.4, the two witnesses shall date their signatures. In addition, each petition shall be in compliance
with the provisions of R.S. 18:3. In determining the number of qualified electors who signed the petition in
any parish, the registrar of voters shall not count any signature which does not comply with all of the
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requirements of R.S. 18:3 or bears a date prior to the date on which the copy of the petition initially was filed
with the secretary of state or after the date of the submission of the petition to the registrar except as
otherwise provided in R.S. 18:1300.3(B). The registrar shall not receive or certify a petition submitted to
him for certification unless it is submitted to him timely.
E. The secretary of state shall notify the Supervisory Committee on Campaign Finance Disclosure
of the filing of a copy of a recall petition to be used to seek the recall of a public officer, including the date
of such filing, the officer who is the subject of the petition, and the names and addresses of the chairman and
vice chairman designated on the petition. The Campaign Finance Disclosure Act shall be applicable to
persons supporting or opposing the recall of a public officer as provided in R.S. 18:1486.