Voter turnout for Tuesday’s election was 43-percent and there’s still one more election to go this year….:
CUT 02(26) “…Palermo.”
The incumbent Mayor of Melville – seeking re-election – died yesterday in a car crash just hours before the polls closed. Deputies in St. Landry Parish say 84-year-old Mayor Velma Hendrix was a passenger in a sedan that was broadsided by a pickup at an intersection on Highway 190. Another period of qualifying for election is now open for an election on December 10th.
Five of the eight constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot failed. Two of the amendments approved dealt with property taxes that were beneficial to certain homeowners like veterans with disabilities. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says that’s the type of constitutional amendment the public can support…:
CUT 13(10) “…interested in it.”
There are three more amendments coming in December.
Incumbent Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins was rejected by voters yesterday, after just one term in office. Republican Tom Arceneaux and Democrat state Senator Greg Tarver will face each other in the December 10th runoff election. LSU-Shreveport political science professor Jeff Sadow says it will be an uphill battle for Arceneaux…:
CUT 10(11) “…the vote.”