Elections scheduled to be held in the fall have been delayed by 5 weeks due to persistent power outages and damages from Hurricane Ida.
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin announced on Wednesday, September 8 that Governor John Bel Edwards agreed to the delay in a press release posted to the Secretary of State’s website.
Now, Louisiana elections scheduled to be held on October 9 will be held on November 13, and the November 13 elections will be moved to December 11.
In Plaquemines Parish, three local millages are set on the upcoming ballot. The millages to be voted on by Plaquemines residents are the following: a 3 mill (or around $3 million) millage dedicated for Emergency Medical Services, a 5 mill (or around $5 million) millage for Levees, and a 2 mill (or around $2 million) millages for Recreation.
If passed, the proposed millages would be in effect for 10 years. At that time, residents would have the opportunity to renew the millages or reject them.
In addition to the millages, Plaquemines residents will get to vote on 4 proposed constitutional amendments—each of which appear to deal with Louisiana’s tax system.
The proposed amendments are the following: authorize a “streamlined” electronic sales and use tax system, lower the “maximum allowed rate of income tax and allows providing a deduction for federal income tax,” allowing levy districts to “levy an annual tax for certain purposes,” and an increase in the “amount of reduction to funds to certain dedicated funds when a budget deficit is created.”