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Morehouse Parish

Local election results for Saturday, May 5, 2007. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Propositions, taxes, and recalls

PARISHWIDE PROPOSITION (HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 BOND) SUMMARY: AUTHORITY TO ISSUE $17,000,000 OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE MOREHOUSE PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1, $11,000,000 OF WHICH TO RUN 40 YEARS AND $6,000,000 OF WHICH TO RUN 25 YEARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND ACQUIRING BUILDINGS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY, FOR PROVIDING HOSPITAL FACILITIES AND FOR REFUNDING AND EXTENDING THE OUTSTANDING DEBT OF THE DISTRICT, SAID BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM AD VALOREM TAXES TO THE EXTENT OTHER REVENUES OF THE DISTRICT ARE NOT MADE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

Parishwide, $17,000,000 Bond - BOC

Passed: 24.2% voted yes and 75.8% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall Morehouse Parish Hospital Service District No. 1, State of Louisiana (the "District") incur debt and issue its general obligation bonds to the amount of Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000) (the "Bonds"), $11,000,000 of which to run forty (40) years from the date thereof and $6,000,000 of which to run twenty-five (25) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding nine per centum (9%) per annum, to be sold at par, premium or discount, for the purpose of constructing and acquiring buildings, machinery and equipment, including both real and personal property, to be used in providing hospital facilities to the District and for refunding and extending the District's Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 1997 and its Certificates of Indebtedness, Series 2007; all of which Bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, to the extent other revenues of the District are not made available for such purpose?

  • Yes

    24.2% 1,116 votes

  • NoDefeated

    75.8% 3,501 votes

By precinct in Morehouse Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

Under 55%55 to 65%Over 65%
Yes
No
  • A tie
  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 4,177 votes cast at the polls in 55 precincts. The 440 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

4,617 votes cast.

Turnout by precinct