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Acadia Parish

Local election results for Saturday, October 17, 2009. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Propositions, taxes, and recalls

Summary: 10 year 5.04 mills property tax renewal for acquiring, constructing, maintaining and/or operating gravity drainage works within and for Bayou Mallet Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana.

Bayou Mallet GDD, 5.04 Mills Tax Renewal - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 90.0% voted yes and 10.0% voted no.

What the ballot said

Bayou Mallet Gravity Drainage District Proposition (Tax Renewal) Shall Bayou Mallet Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to levy a special tax of five and four hundredths (5.04) mills tax (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the tax for one entire year being $101,000) on all the property subject to taxation within the District, for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and/or operating gravity drainage works within and for the District?

  • YesApproved

    90.0% 45 votes

  • No

    10.0% 5 votes

By precinct in Acadia Parish

The precinct map loads as you scroll to it.

Which side won each precinct, and by how much

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

Shows the 46 votes cast at the polls in 4 precincts. The 4 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

50 votes cast.

Summary: 10 year, 4.80 mills property tax renewal for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in Fire Protection District No. 5 and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes.

Fire Prot. Dist. No. 5, 4.80 Mills Tax Renewal - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 95.5% voted yes and 4.5% voted no.

What the ballot said

Fire Protection District No. 5 Proposition (Tax Renewal) Shall Fire Protection District No. 5 of the Parish of Acadia, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy a special tax of four and eighty hundredths (4.80) mills (an estimated $67,200 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year) on all the property subject to taxation in the District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in the District and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

  • YesApproved

    95.5% 126 votes

  • No

    4.5% 6 votes

By precinct in Acadia Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

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

Shows the 129 votes cast at the polls in 10 precincts. The 3 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

132 votes cast.

Summary: 10 year, 5 mills property tax renewal for improving, maintaining and operating the drainage system within Iota-Long Point Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana.

Iota-Long Point GDD, 5 Mills - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 95.4% voted yes and 4.6% voted no.

What the ballot said

Iota-Long Point Gravity Drainage District Proposition (Tax Renewal) Shall Iota-Long Point Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Acadia, Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to levy a special tax of five (5) mills (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the tax for one entire year being $42,500) on all the property subject to taxation within the District, for a period of ten (10) years beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of improving, maintaining and operating the drainage system within the District?

  • YesApproved

    95.4% 104 votes

  • No

    4.6% 5 votes

By precinct in Acadia Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

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

Shows the 102 votes cast at the polls in 6 precincts. The 7 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

109 votes cast.

Turnout by precinct