More than 3,000 turnout for early voting in Iberia

Published 2:30 pm Monday, November 13, 2023

Early voting finished in Iberia Parish with more than 3,000 parish residents turning out to the polls early for the Nov. 18 election.

Final totals showed 3,210 voters turning out to vote through mail or in-person at the Iberia Parish Courthouse. There were 945 voters who submitted their ballots by mail and 2,265 in-person.

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The election will finish up some of the runoff races that came as a result of the Oct. 14 election. Key positions like state Attorney General and Treasurer will be on the ballot, with Lindsey Cheek (D) and “Liz” Baker Murrill (R) both seeking the Attorney General’s seat. The two candidates for the treasurer’s race are John Fleming (R) and Dustin Granger (D).

A State Senate race for District 21 will also be on the ballot for the portions of Iberia resident who reside in the district. Robert Allain and Henry “Bo” LaGrange are the two candidates for that race.

Four constitutional amendments are also included for voters.

The proposition questions are:

• Do you support an amendment to clarify that the timing of gubernatorial action on a bill and his return of a vetoed bill to the legislature is based upon the legislative session in which the bill passed and to authorize the legislature, if it is in session, to reconsider vetoed bills without convening a separate veto session?

• Do you support an amendment to remove provisions of the Constitution of Louisiana which created the following inactive special funds within the state treasury: Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund, Higher Education Louisiana Partnership Fund, Millennium Leverage Fund, Agricultural and Seafood Products Support Fund, First Use Tax Trust Fund, Louisiana Investment Fund for Enhancement and to provide for the transfer of any remaining monies in such funds to the state general fund?

• Do you support an amendment to authorize the local governing authority of a parish to provide an ad valorem tax exemption for qualified first responders?

• Do you support an amendment authorizing the legislature, after securing a two-thirds vote of each house, to use up to two hundred fifty million dollars from the Revenue Stabilization Trust Fund to alleviate a budget deficit subject to conditions set forth by law and allowing the legislature to modify such conditions for accessing the monies in the fund, subject to two-thirds vote?