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Dear Ms. Bohrer and Mr. Ponder:

We are writing to address your opinion request of January 28, 2003, regarding the election dates for the 2004 Mayor-President and Metropolitan Council races in East Baton Rouge Parish. As you are aware, we opined in 1999 that election for the offices of Mayor and Metropolitan Council are to be conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code, specifically R.S. 18:402 (B), which provides for the congressional primary election to be held on the first Saturday in October in an election year, and the congressional general election to be held on the first…