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Concordia Parish

Local election results for Saturday, March 27, 2010. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Propositions, taxes, and recalls

Town of Ferriday Proposition (Sales Tax) Summary: 10 years, 3/4% sales and use tax to be dedicated and used for any lawful corporate purpose for the Town, and authority to fund the tax proceeds into bonds to pay the costs of the acquisition, construction and/or purchase of any lawful capital improvements for the Town.

Town of Ferriday, 3/4% S&U - Mayor & BOA - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 86.2% voted yes and 13.8% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall the Town of Ferriday, State of Louisiana (the "Town"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of three-fourths of one percent (3/4%) (the "Tax") (an estimated $320,000 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 from the date of the first levy of the Tax, upon the sale at retail, the use, the lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption, of tangible personal property and on sales of services in the Town, all as defined by law, to be dedicated and used (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) for any lawful corporate purpose for the Town; and shall the Town be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into Bonds to pay the costs of the acquisition, construction and/or purchase of any lawful capital improvements for the Town to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana, including particularly Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended?

  • YesApproved

    86.2% 131 votes

  • No

    13.8% 21 votes

By precinct in Concordia Parish

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Which side won each precinct, and by how much

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  • Not voting in this race, or no votes

Shows the 143 votes cast at the polls in 3 precincts. The 9 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

152 votes cast; 6.9% of the 2,251 registered voters in the area turned out.

Turnout by precinct

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Share of registered voters in each precinct who voted at the polls on election day

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Early and absentee voters are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't included here.