§ La. R.S. 18:1433(untitled)

Revote in precincts because of malfunctions
A. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1432, if a discrepancy sufficient to change the result
of the election between the total votes cast at an election and the votes counted for the candidates in the
election or for or against the recall of a public officer occurs as a result of the malfunction of a voting
machine or results tape and results cartridge, and an accurate count of the votes cast on the malfunctioning
machine or results tape and results cartridge cannot be determined by the offering of circumstantial evidence
or any other evidence, the court shall order a revote in the precinct where the voting machine or results tape
and results cartridge malfunctioned, which shall be limited to those persons listed on the poll list as having
cast their ballots in person at the polls in the election in which the machine or results tape and results
cartridge malfunctioned.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 18:1432, if a discrepancy sufficient to change the result
of the election between the total votes cast at an election and the votes counted for the candidates in the
election or for or against the recall of a public officer occurs as a result of the malfunction of a voting
machine or results tape and results cartridge used for early voting, and an accurate count of the votes cast
on the malfunctioning machine or results tape and results cartridge cannot be determined by the offering of
circumstantial evidence or any other evidence, the court shall order a revote of electronic early voting ballots
in the parish where the voting machine or results tape and results cartridge used for early voting
malfunctioned, which shall be limited to those persons who voted during early voting in the election.
C. Those persons who cast their votes by paper absentee by mail or early voting ballots in that
election shall not be eligible to vote in the revote election. The votes cast by paper absentee by mail or early
voting ballot in the first election shall be retained, counted, and added to the voting machine totals in the
revote election.