On Dec. 7 (7 a.m.-8 p.m.) there will be a Fall General Election that includes four Constitutional Amendments.
Early voting will be held Nov. 22-30 (8:30 a.m.-6 p.m.) (except Nov. 28-29 when polls will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving and Acadian Day).
Amendment 1 “Do you support an amendment to allow the supreme court to sanction a judge upon an investigation by the judiciary commission, and provide that the recommended sanction shall be instituted by the judiciary commission or by a majority of the supreme court, and to provide for the appointment of five members of the judiciary commission?”
Amendment 2 “Do you support an amendment to require that the legislature wait for at least forty-eight hours prior to concurring in a conference committee report or amendments to a bill appropriating money?”
Amendment 3 “Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to extend a regular session in increments of two days up to a maximum of six days if necessary to pass a bill appropriating money?”
Amendment 4 “Do you support an amendment to eliminate mandatory tax sales for nonpayment of property taxes and require the legislature to provide for such procedures by law; to limit the amount of penalty and interest on delinquent property taxes; and to provide for the postponement of property tax payments under certain circumstances?”
Find more information about the Constitutional Amendments HERE
Additionally:
— Seven parishes will have runoff elections and no local propositions: Bossier, Iberia, Lafayette, Orleans, Richland, St. John, and St. Tammany.
— Another 29 will have local propositions and no runoff elections: Acadia, Assumption, Bienville, Calcasieu, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Carroll, Jackson, Jefferson, LaSalle, Livingston, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, Sabine, St. James, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Union, Vermilion, Vernon, West Baton Rouge, and West Carroll.
— There will be both runoff elections & local propositions in 14 parishes: Allen, Ascension, Avoyelles, Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Grant, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche, Rapides, Tangipahoa, Tensas, and Webster.
— One parish will have runoff elections, local propositions, and a special primary election: Washington.
— Meanwhile, 13 parishes will have Constitutional Amendments only: Beauregard, Cameron, East Feliciana, Franklin, Lincoln, Madison, Red River, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. Landry, West Feliciana, and Winn.
