Voters are being asked to consider four amendments to the Louisiana Constitution during the Municipal Primary Election this Saturday, March 29.
The issues involve taxes, government spending, debt payments, specialized courts, juvenile crime and vacancies in judgeships.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
The deadline for the registrar of voters to receive a voted absentee ballot is March 28 by 4:30 p.m. (other than military and overseas voters).
The four amendments are:
Amendment No. 1
Do you support an amendment granting the La. Supreme Court jurisdiction to discipline out-of-state lawyers for unethical legal practices in the state of Louisiana, and to grant the legislature the authority to establish trial courts of limited and specialized jurisdiction?
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(Amends Article V, Sections 5(B), 15(A) and 16(A))
Amendment No. 2 Do you support an amendment to revise Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana including revisions to lower the maximum rate of income tax, increase income tax deductions for citizens over sixty-five, provide for a government growth limit, modify operation of certain constitutional funds, provide for property tax exemptions retaining the homestead exemption and exemption for religious organizations, provide a permanent teacher salary increase by requiring a surplus payment to teacher retirement debt, and make other modifications?
(Amends Article VII, Sections 1through 28; Adds Article VII, Sections 29 through 42) Amendment No. 3 Do you support an amendment to provide the legislature the authority to determine which felony crimes, when committed by a person under the age of seventeen, may be transferred for criminal prosecution as an adult?
(Amends Article V, Section 19) Amendment No. 4 Do you support an amendment to provide for the use of the earliest election date to fill judicial vacancies? (Amends Article V, Section 22(B)) The deadline for a voter to return a voted absentee ballot to their parish’s Registrar of Voters Office is March 28 by 4:30 p.m. (other than military and overseas voters).
Voters can find their polling location and sample ballot by downloading the GeauxVote Mobile app for smartphones, or by visiting www.GeauxVote.com and logging into the Voter Portal.
Voters must bring an ID with them to vote (Louisiana driver’s license, Louisiana Special ID card, a generally recognized picture identification card with name and signature such as a passport, or a digital license via LA Wallet).
