Early voting ended Saturday, November 11. There were 157 ballots received by mail and 376 in person during the process, according to Allen Parish’s Registrar of Voters Monica F. Warren’s office.
Election Day is this weekend on Saturday, November 18. Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin reminds voters polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. on Election Day. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.
The November ballot includes the following seats:
•Secretary of State: “Gwen” Collins-Greenup and Nancy Landry.
•Attorney General: Lindsey Check and “Liz” Baker Murrill.
•Louisiana Treasurer: John Fleming and Dustin Granger.
•BESE, District Four: Stacey Melerine and Emma Shepard.
•Allen Parish Police Four: “Joe” Perkins and Robert Neil Cole.
There’s also four amendments on the ballot.
Amendment One: Deadlines to veto bills and rules for veto sessions.
c A vote for would: Allow lawmakers to try to override a governor’s bill rejections without calling a separate veto session if they are already in a legislative session and add further details about the deadlines for a governor to veto bills.
c A vote against would: Require lawmakers trying to override a governor’s bill rejections to hold a separate veto session if the vetoes came in a legislative session that has ended and keep the current rules for a governor to issue bill vetoes.
Amendment Two: Repeal of inactive special funds in the Constitution.
c A vote for would: Remove six inactive funds with zero or near-zero balances from the Louisiana Constitution.
c A vote against would: Keep the six inactive funds with zero or near-zero balances in the Louisiana Constitution
Amendment Three: Property tax exemptions for first responders.
c A vote for would: Allow a parish governing authority to give an extra property tax exemption to police, firefighters and certain other first responders who own homes and live in the parish.
c A vote against would: Maintain the current property tax system, which doesn’t let parish governing authorities offer the extra tax break to first responders
Amendment Four: Rule changes for the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund.
c A vote for would: Tighten the rules on allowed use of a seven-year-old state trust fund that collects dollars from corporate tax collections and oil and gas production in Louisiana.
c A vote against would: Maintain broad rules for emergency use of a seven-year-old state trust fund that collects dollars from corporate tax collections and gas production in Louisiana.
Be sure to exercise your right to vote.
For more information, or to report potential polling place accessibility issues, please call the Elections Hotline at 800-883-2805, with TDD/TTY access at 711, or email the Elections Division at elections@sosla.gov.
