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Jefferson Davis 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

Bayou Nezpique Gravity Drainage District Proposition (Tax Renewal) Summary: 10 year 20.98 mills property tax renewal for improving, maintaining and operating gravity drainage works for Nezpique Gravity Drainage District, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.

Bayou Nezpique GDD, 20.98 Mills - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 63.9% voted yes and 36.1% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall Bayou Nezpique Gravity Drainage District, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to levy a special tax of twenty and ninety-eight hundredths (20.98) mills tax (the estimated amount reasonably expected to be collected from the levy of the tax for one entire year being $183,280) 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 gravity drainage works for the District?

  • YesApproved

    63.9% 46 votes

  • No

    36.1% 26 votes

By precinct in Jefferson Davis 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 47 votes cast at the polls in 6 precincts. The 25 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

72 votes cast.

Turnout by precinct