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On the ballot: U.S. Senate, U.S. House, and proposed constitutional amendments, plus local races in some areas.

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Lafourche 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

Town of Lockport Proposition (Sales Tax) Summary: Authority for the Town of Lockport to levy an additional 0.7% sales tax to be levied in perpetuity for improving, maintaining, operating and constructing sewers and sewerage collection and disposal works and facilities, streets and bridges and drainage works and facilities in and for the Town; and shall the Town be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds to pay the cost of capital improvements for any of the above purposes.

Town of Lockport, 0.7% Sales tax - Mayor & Board of Councilmen

Passed: 85.7% voted yes and 14.3% voted no.

What the ballot said

Shall the Town of Lockport, 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 collect an additional sales and use tax of seven-tenths of one percent (0.7%) (the "Tax") in perpetuity, 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 (an estimated $200,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) to be dedicated and used for improving, maintaining, operating and constructing sewers and sewerage collection and disposal works and facilities, streets and bridges and drainage works and facilities in and for the Town; and shall the Town be authorized to fund the proceeds of the Tax into bonds to pay the cost of capital improvements for any of the above purposes to the extent and in the manner permitted by the Laws of Louisiana, including Sub-Part F, Part III, Chapter 4, Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended?

  • YesApproved

    85.7% 168 votes

  • No

    14.3% 28 votes

By precinct in Lafourche 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 183 votes cast at the polls in 2 precincts. The 13 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.

196 votes cast; 12.8% of the 1,520 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.