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Voting Registration and Key Dates
Louisiana offers online voter registration. You can register by mail to vote in Louisiana by printing a voter registration form, filling it out, and mailing it to your local election office. You can also register to vote in person if you prefer. Key Dates Election day is Nov. 3 Registration deadlines Online: Oct. 13 By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 5 In person: Oct. 5 Absentee ballot deadlines Request: Oct. 30 Return by mail: Received by Nov. 2 Return in person: Nov. 2 by 4:30 p.m. Early voting Oct. 16 - Oct. 27, but dates and hours may vary based on where you live Polling Sites Update: Hurricane Zeta (From the City of New Orleans) Plans to provide and operate generators at all polling locations without power on Election Day have been finalized. Entergy New Orleans now estimates that three polling locations in Orleans Parish may continue to be without power on Election Day, down from 11 estimated earlier this morning. The Governor’s Office and Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, together with the Secretary of State’s Office, will provide portable generators and lighting for two of the three locations, with Entergy New Orleans providing an additional generator to support the third site due to its size. Additionally, at the request of Mayor Cantrell and the City of New Orleans, Entergy has agreed to transport and operate the State-provided generators at the two other sites. The polling locations anticipated to require backup power are:
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Voting Information Resources
Louisiana Secretary of State: Voting information for the state of Louisiana, deadlines, upcoming elections. Louisiana for Personal Freedoms: Information on voting and Amendment 1. New Orleans Abortion Fund: Information on Amendment 1 and its community impact. Your Rights at the Polls If you are questioned about your political beliefs, you do not need to respond. If you are in line to vote and polls close, you have a right to stay inline and cast your vote. If you make a mistake on your ballot, you may request a new one. If the machines are down at your polling place, you have the right to a paper ballot. Election Protection Hotline Numbers: English: 1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683) Spanish: 1-888-Ve-Y-VOTA (1-866-839-8682) Arabic: 1-844-YALLA-US (1-844-925-5287) Vietnamese: 1-888-274-8683 |
November 2020 Ballot Measures: What to Expect
Amendments are legislatively referred, which means that state legislators voted to place it before its constituents in a general election.
- Amendment One
- States there is no state right to an abortion or abortion funding
- Removes the right to an abortion if Roe v. Wade ever falls
- Removes any avenue for state funding of life-saving abortion care
Do you support an amendment declaring that, to protect human life, a right to abortion and the funding of abortion shall not be found in the Louisiana Constitution?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- States there is no state right to an abortion or abortion funding
- Amendment Two
- Allows the presence of gas or oil, or the production of, to be included when determining property value
- Gives assessors more discretion to factor in how much revenue oil/gas wells are producing when assessing the land for tax purposes
Do you support an amendment to permit the presence or production of oil or gas to be included in the methodology used to determine the fair market value of an oil or gas well for the purpose of property assessment?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Amendment Three
- Amendment 3 would allow the Legislature (through a two-thirds vote in each chamber) to use up to one-third of the revenue in the Budget Stabilization Fund (also known as the Rainy Day Fund) to cover the state's costs associated with a federally-declared disaster.
Do you support an amendment to allow for the use of the Budget Stabilization Fund, also known as the Rainy Day Fund, for state costs associated with a disaster declared by the federal government?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Amendment 3 would allow the Legislature (through a two-thirds vote in each chamber) to use up to one-third of the revenue in the Budget Stabilization Fund (also known as the Rainy Day Fund) to cover the state's costs associated with a federally-declared disaster.
- Amendment Four
- This is a spending amendment that does not allow for growth of more than 5% each year.
- There’s a formula for how Louisiana determines how much the state is going to spend each year. This would remove that calculation and would give more discretion to the legislature to do it by ⅔ vote.
Do you support an amendment to limit the growth of the expenditure limit for the state general fund and dedicated funds and to remove the calculation of its growth factor from the Constitution?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Amendment Five
- Allows corporations to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement with the state, ultimately allowing the corporation to make “payments” to the State instead of paying property taxes.
- Allows the cooperative endeavor agreement to rule the payment schedule, which may include payments that are less than what they would have been taxed originally
- Has been referred to as: “Corporate welfare amendment”
Do you support an amendment to authorize local governments to enter into cooperative endeavor ad valorem tax exemption agreements with new or expanding manufacturing establishments for payments in lieu of taxes?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Allows corporations to enter a cooperative endeavor agreement with the state, ultimately allowing the corporation to make “payments” to the State instead of paying property taxes.
- Amendment Six
- Increase the income threshold to qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption (tax exemption for homeowners on the home they reside in) from $50,000 to $100,000 per year beginning in 2026
- Special assessment levels freeze the assessed value of the property and thus the amount of property taxes owed.
- Applies to
- 65+
- Veterans w/ service-related disability of 50% or more
- Members of the military, Louisiana National Guard that last owned the property and were KIA, MIA or taken POW for at least 90 days
- Individuals permanently disabled as determined by a court judgment or government agency
Do you support an amendment to increase the maximum amount of income a person may receive and still qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Increase the income threshold to qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption (tax exemption for homeowners on the home they reside in) from $50,000 to $100,000 per year beginning in 2026
- Amendment Seven
- Creates a permanent trust fund separate from the unclaimed property fund that is specifically set aside for owners of abandoned property (bank accounts, IRAs, 401k, pensions, social security)
- Interest made on the account would be deposited into the state’s general fund
- State treasurer will have to report annually to the legislature on the amount in the fund
Do you support an amendment to create the Louisiana Unclaimed Property Permanent Trust Fund to preserve the money that remains unclaimed by its owner or owners?
Voting YES will ADD this language to the state constitution.
Voting NO will keep this language OUT of our state constitution.
- Creates a permanent trust fund separate from the unclaimed property fund that is specifically set aside for owners of abandoned property (bank accounts, IRAs, 401k, pensions, social security)