On the ballot: U.S. House general elections where no candidate won in November, plus a special election for State Senate District 14 in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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Shall the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District, State of Louisiana (the "District"), continue to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of seventy-five hundredths (0.75) of a mill on all the property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $1,561,000 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 2017 and ending with the year 2026, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, operating or maintaining facilities or other public improvements included in the master plan in existence at the time of such expenditure and prepared in the manner provided by Chapter 32, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended?
YesApproved
58.7%2,184 votes
No
41.3%1,538 votes
By precinct in Lafayette Parish
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Which side won each precinct, and by how much
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55 to 65%
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Yes
No
A tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 2,874 votes cast at the polls in 121 precincts. The 848 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
3,722 votes cast; 2.5% of the 149,384 registered voters in the area turned out.
Parishwide Bayou Vermilion District Propositions Proposition No. 2 (Bond)
Shall the Lafayette Parish Bayou Vermilion District (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), to run not exceeding twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate or rates not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring and/or improving any work of public improvement included in the master plan in existence at the time of such expenditure and prepared in the manner provided by Chapter 32, Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto, with an estimated .17 mills to be levied in the first year of issue to pay said bonds?
YesApproved
52.9%1,966 votes
No
47.1%1,750 votes
By precinct in Lafayette Parish
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Which side won each precinct, and by how much
Under 55%
55 to 65%
Over 65%
Yes
No
A tie
Not voting in this race, or no votes
Shows the 2,866 votes cast at the polls in 121 precincts. The 850 early and absentee votes are counted for the whole parish, not by precinct, so they aren't on the map.
Results by precinct
3,716 votes cast; 2.5% of the 149,384 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.