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Dear Ms. Wilson Mr. Fox:

This office is in receipt of your opinion request directed to Attorney General Richard P. Ieyoub. The request raises the following inquiry for our review:

Should a local option election be called and held in a "ward" or a "voting district"?

In general, the Local Option Law governing the sale of alcoholic beverages is found within the provisions of LSA-R.S. 26:582 and LSA-R.S. 26:583, which provide, respectively:

582. Petition for election; separate elections; frequency limited.

A. Upon petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors residing in any…