Constitutional Amendment
All Voters will be able to vote on this issue

Act 425 (2011 Regular Session) adds Article VII, Section 2.3.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment prohibits the levy of a new tax or fee after November 30, 2011, upon the sale or transfer of immovable property, including documentary transaction taxes or fees, or any other tax or fee, by the state of Louisiana, by a political subdivision whose boundaries are coterminous with those of the state, or by a political subdivision, as define in Article VI, Section 44(2) of this constitution. Further provides that a documentary transaction is any transaction pursuant to any instrument, act, writing or document which transfers or conveys immovable property.

Proposed Constitutional Amendment provides that after November 30, 2011, fees for the cost of recordation, filing or maintenance of documents, or records effectuating the sale or transfer of immovable property, impact fees for development of property, annual parcel fees, and ad valorem taxes are not considered prohibited taxes or fees upon the sale or transfer of immovable property.

Early voting for the November 19th election on a statewide constitutional amendment, the following district elections: State Senate district 39, State House district 3 and special election City Judge district C2 will be held at the Caddo Parish Registrar of Voters office, 525 Marshall, Suite 103 in downtown Shreveport across from the Courthouse during the following dates and times:

Saturday, November 19,  2011
Polls Open 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Take photo i.d. to the polls

Early Voting dates: Saturday, November 5th – Saturday, November 12, 2011 (Closed NO VOTING  Sunday, Nov. 6th and Fri. Nov. 11th- Veterans Day)
Open 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. each day. Registrar of Voters office, 525 Marshall Street, Suite 103 in downtown Shreveport across from the court house.  Open to all registered voters in Caddo Parish
 
What’s on the ballot? State Senate district 39 , State House district 3, Shreveport City Judge district C2 and a constitutional
amendment. All voters may vote on the constitutional amendment but the other three contests are open only to voters
registered in the districts specified.

Take a look at the update for early voting for the statewide and parish wide Oct. 22nd elections
in Caddo Parish. It includes some information on the historic building (the old Ward building)
where the Registrar of Voters office is located in downtown Shreveport.

as of the close of business on Monday, October 10th , here are the totals for early voting in Caddo Parish:
 
Total Voted: 675 (650 in person and 25 by mail)
 
Democrats:   315
Republicans: 297
Others:          63
 
White: 448
Black:  212
Other:   15

Voters in Louisiana will have five constitutional amendments to consider in the October 22nd primary election plus a parish proposition. You can view the amendments below for the voters’ consideration.

This brief video brings an update to Caddo voters on what races will be
on their ballots during the October 22 Gubernatorial primary. It also
has an update on the digital scanning of voter records in Caddo. Voters
will also find a technical description of the work involved in redistricting
for the Registrar’s office. It continues the trend of videos describing the
technical portion of election preparation seen in previous videos on this site.