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Claiborne Parish

Local election results for Saturday, November 14, 2009. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Propositions, taxes, and recalls

School District No. 16 Proposition (Tax Continuation & Rededication) Summary: 10 year, 5 mills property tax continuance for giving additional support to the public elementary and secondary schools in the District, including paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining public school buildings, facilities and equipment, and supporting the education of students who reside in the District and attend public schools in Claiborne Parish outside the District, with all such purposes also being applicable to the proceeds heretofore and hereinafter collected from the five (5) mills tax authorized to be levied by the District through the year 2009 pursuant to an election held on March 14, 2000.

School District No. 16, 5 Mills - SB - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 26.6% voted yes and 73.4% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall School District No. 16, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana (the "District") levy a five (5) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $100,100 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2019, for the purpose of giving additional support to the public elementary and secondary schools in the District, including paying the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, operating and maintaining public school buildings, facilities and equipment, and supporting the education of students who reside in the District and attend public schools in Claiborne Parish outside the District, with all such purposes also being applicable to the proceeds heretofore and hereinafter collected from the five (5) mills tax authorized to be levied by the District through the year 2009 pursuant to an election held on March 14, 2000?

  • Yes

    26.6% 38 votes

  • NoDefeated

    73.4% 105 votes

By precinct in Claiborne Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

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

Shows the 124 votes cast at the polls in 7 precincts. The 19 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

143 votes cast.

Turnout by precinct