Louisiana Laws - Louisiana State Legislature

RS 26:584

§584. Form of petition for election

A. Any qualified elector desiring a referendum election shall sign a petition addressed to the governing authority of the subdivision in which he resides, and in substantially the following form:

"PETITION TO:

The undersigned qualified electors respectfully request that you call an election to submit, in the manner provided by law, to the qualified electors of Ward or Election District ____________________ of ___________________________________________ Parish, or of the city, town, or village of __________________________________, the following propositions:"

B. The petition shall then list all of the following five propositions:

"(1) Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume be permitted by package only and not for consumption on the premises?"

"(2) Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing not more than six percent alcohol by volume for consumption on the premises be permitted?"

"(3) Shall the sale of beverage alcohol containing one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and above for consumption on the premises be permitted?"

"(4) Shall the sale of beverages of alcoholic content containing one-half of one percent alcohol by volume and above by the package only and not for consumption on the premises be permitted?"

"(5) Shall the sale of beverages of high and low alcoholic content be permitted only on the premises of restaurant establishments which have been issued an "R" permit as defined by law?"

C. The petition submitted to a registrar of voters for certification shall be typed, machine printed, or hand printed and shall contain the following information:

(1) The signature of the voter who is signing the petition; however, if a person is unable to write, the incapacitated person shall affix his mark to the petition and the person circulating the petition shall affix the name of the incapacitated person, provided he does so in the presence of two witnesses who shall also sign their names as witnesses to the mark.

(2) The date the voter signed the petition.

(3) The signer's ward or election district and precinct, typed, machine printed, or hand printed.

(4) The residence address of the signer, including municipal number, apartment number, rural route, and box number, typed, machine printed, or hand printed.

(5) The name of the signer, typed, machine printed, or hand printed.

(6) The name of the person who witnessed or obtained the signature.

(7) The date witnessed by the person who witnessed or obtained the signature.

D. Where signatures are made on more than one sheet, each sheet of the petition shall reproduce above the signatures the same matter as is on the first sheet. Each petitioner shall sign his name in his own handwriting and shall write his address, his ward and precinct, and the date on which he signed; otherwise his signature shall be null and void. Every signature on a petition shall be witnessed at the time of signing, either by the person obtaining the signature or by a registered voter of the state of Louisiana. All information required to be on a petition shall be typed or machine printed or hand printed prior to the time the petition is offered to prospective signees, except for the information in Paragraphs (C)(6) and (7) herein.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 41, §1; Acts 1986, No. 958, §1, eff. July 14, 1986; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1988, No. 853, §1, eff. July 18, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 330, §1; Acts 2024, No. 390, §2.