722 So. 2d 90 - Arvie v. Skinner’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In an election contest which seeks to have the results of an election declared null and void, the plaintiff bears the burden of proof. The plaintiffs burden is two-fold. The plaintiff must first prove either fraud or irregularities are present. Then the plaintiff must prove that, but for the fraud or irregularities, the outcome of the election would have been different. Huckaby v. Hunter, 427 So.2d 1 (La.App. 2d Cir.1983), writ denied, 427 So.2d 1197 (La.1983). In Moreau v. Tonry, 339 So.2d 3 (La.1976), the Louisiana Supreme Court rejected the argument advanced by the plaintiff that if the number of irregularities exceed the difference between the candidates, the outcome of the election cannot be determined. The Moreau court held that an election may only be upset if the Done contesting the election can show that, but for irregularities or fraud, the election result would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 791 So. 2d 123 - Pitre v. Secretary of State