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Concordia Parish

Local election results for Saturday, May 1, 2010. Official results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. Each race has a map by precinct.

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Propositions, taxes, and recalls

Consolidated Recreation District No. 3 Proposition (Tax Renewal, Extension and Rededication) Summary: 41 year, 4.00 mills property tax renewal, extension and rededication of the proceeds of the tax for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, extending, improving, maintaining and operating recreational facilities of Consolidated Recreation District No. 3.

Cons. Rec. Dist. No. 3, 4.00 Mills - BOC - 41 Yrs.

Passed: 72.4% voted yes and 27.6% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall the Consolidated Recreation District No. 3 of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana (the "District"), be authorized to renew, extend and continue to levy and collect a special tax of four (4.00) mills on the dollar on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $308,483.28 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of forty-one (41) years, beginning with the year 2010 and ending with the year 2050, to be rededicated for the purposes of acquiring, constructing, extending, improving, maintaining and operating recreational facilities of the District (including acquiring all necessary real property rights, together with equipment and furnishings, and utilities relocation related thereto), and shall the District be further authorized to fund the proceeds of the tax into bonds from time to time for any of said capital improvements to the extent and in the manner permitted by the laws of Louisiana?

  • YesApproved

    72.4% 444 votes

  • No

    27.6% 169 votes

By precinct in Concordia 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 562 votes cast at the polls in 7 precincts. The 51 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

613 votes cast; 12.1% of the 5,240 registered voters in the area turned out.

Fire Protection District No. 2 Proposition (Millage Renewal) Summary: 10 year, 6.94 mills renewal tax for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Concordia, including the payment of all related personnel costs and the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes.

Fire Prot. Dist. No. 2, 6.94 Mills - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 81.2% voted yes and 18.8% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall Fire Protection District No. 2 of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana (the "District"), levy a tax of six and ninety-four hundredths (6.94) mills on all of the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $479,000 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, beginning with the year 2011 and ending with the year 2020, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District, including the payment of all related personnel costs and the costs of obtaining water for fire protection purposes?

  • YesApproved

    81.2% 385 votes

  • No

    18.8% 89 votes

By precinct in Concordia 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 449 votes cast at the polls in 14 precincts. The 25 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

474 votes cast; 9.0% of the 5,539 registered voters in the area turned out.

Parishwide Proposition (Sales & Use Tax Renewal) Summary: Renewal of a 1% sales and use tax of the Parish School Board of the Parish of Concordia for a 10 year period, with 60% of the net proceeds of the tax to be used exclusively for giving additional support for curriculum improvement and for improving, purchasing and erecting school buildings and other related facilities and for the operation and maintaining of schools and other facilities within the Parish, and the remaining forty per cent (40%) of the net proceeds to be used exclusively to supplement other revenues available to the School Board for the payment of salaries of teachers in the public elementary and secondary schools and other personnel employed by the School Board, including the payment of charges for providing unemployment compensation benefits and the costs of retirement and other insurance programs for active and retired School Board personnel.

PW School Board, 1% S&U Tax - SB - 10 Yrs.

Passed: 80.7% voted yes and 19.3% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall the Parish School Board of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana (the "School Board"), under the provisions of Article VI, Section 29 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and other constitutional and statutory authority supplemental thereto, be authorized to levy and collect a tax of one per cent (1%) (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 Parish of Concordia (the "Parish"), all as defined by law (an estimated $2,274,000 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, beginning January 1, 2011, with sixty per cent (60%) of the net proceeds of the Tax to be used exclusively for giving additional support for curriculum improvement and for improving, purchasing and erecting school buildings and other related facilities and for the operation and maintaining of schools and other facilities within the Parish, and the remaining forty per cent (40%) of the net proceeds of the Tax to be used exclusively to supplement other revenues available to the School Board for the payment of salaries of teachers in the public elementary and secondary schools of the Parish and other personnel employed by the School Board, including the payment of charges for providing unemployment compensation benefits and the costs of retirement and other insurance programs for active and retired School Board personnel, said Tax to be a renewal of the tax approved at an election held in the Parish on October 23, 1999?

  • YesApproved

    80.7% 1,085 votes

  • No

    19.3% 259 votes

By precinct in Concordia 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 1,265 votes cast at the polls in 21 precincts. The 79 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

1,344 votes cast; 10.0% of the 13,687 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.