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Bayou Progressive
- March 10, 2025
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Amendment 4: Speeding Up Special Elections for Judicial Vacancies

The least controversial amendment on the ballot, Amendment 4, seeks to streamline the process for filling vacant judicial seats, ensuring they are filled at the earliest available election date. Currently, the Louisiana Constitution requires a special election within 12 months of a vacancy, but the new closed primary system could make that difficult. This amendment […]

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Bayou Progressive
- March 10, 2025
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Amendment 3: Should Louisiana Expand Adult Prosecution of Juveniles?

A highly controversial proposal, Amendment 3 would remove current constitutional limits on which felony crimes juveniles can be prosecuted as adults for, allowing the legislature to expand the list without voter approval. Under current law, juveniles can only be tried as adults for 16 violent felony offenses (such as murder, aggravated burglary, and rape). This […]

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Bayou Progressive
- March 10, 2025
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Amendment 2: A Massive Tax and Budget Overhaul—Who Benefits and Who Pays?

The most complex and far-reaching proposal on the March 29 ballot, Amendment 2, would rewrite Article VII of the Louisiana Constitution, restructuring how the state collects, distributes, and spends tax revenue. With more than 100 pages of changes, the amendment touches nearly every aspect of state taxation—from individual income taxes to sales taxes, property taxes, […]

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Bayou Progressive
- March 10, 2025
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Louisiana’s March 29 Ballot: Four Constitutional Amendments and the Urgent Need for Voter Turnout

Baton Rouge, LA – On March 29, Louisiana voters will have another opportunity to reshape their state constitution by deciding on four proposed amendments. However, with historically low voter turnout in special elections—only 9.5% of eligible voters in the capital region cast a ballot in the February 15 special election—the question isn’t just how the […]

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Bayou Progressive
- March 10, 2025
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Amendment 1: A Vote for Greater Oversight or Unnecessary Judicial Expansion?

Louisiana voters will soon decide on a constitutional amendment that would grant the Louisiana Supreme Court expanded authority to discipline out-of-state attorneys practicing in the state and allow the legislature to create new specialized courts beyond parish or district boundaries. At face value, the measure appears to address two separate legal concerns—holding non-Louisiana attorneys accountable […]

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