On a day and hour fixed by the police juries before the holding of the election, these bodies shall in public session, within three days after the holding of the election, open the ballot boxes, examine and count the ballots, canvass the returns and declare the result of the election, which result shall be promulgated by publication in one issue of the official journal of each parish.
La. R.S. 33:144
Counting ballots; promulgation of result
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