CALOGERO, Chief Justice.
The pivotal issue in this election case, which involves a challenge to candidacy of a person who seeks election to the Shreveport City Council, is whether, pursuant to La. Const. art. I, § 10, a pardon issued by the governor of the state of Louisiana is sufficient to restore the right to seek and hold a municipal or state office to one convicted of a federal felony (a right that is lost under Louisiana law as a collateral consequence...
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