Here’s what’s on the ballot in Caddo and Bossier | News

You can cast a ballot to ship somebody to the US House of Representatives Saturday however you will not study what number of others voted such as you did.

Louisianans are going to the polls Saturday to solid votes in major elections with each new guidelines and a dead-on-arrival race on the ballot. In Caddo and Bossier, the variety of elections in which voters will solid ballots is already fairly small and considered one of them is predicted to not depend.

Gov. Jeff Landry suspended the state’s House elections after the US Supreme Court’s latest ruling that Louisiana’s district maps contained unlawful racial gerrymanders. The state legislature is redrawing the maps and is more likely to eradicate the district that at present contains Shreveport.

Because that change of plans occurred after many early votes had already been solid, the House races will nonetheless seem on the ballot. Louisiana voters can push a button in races like House District 6 in which US Rep. Cleo Fields is running unopposed on the Democrat aspect and 4 Republicans are working in their very own major — however the vote simply will not be counted. Those House races can be carried out later in the 12 months.

The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web site, the place election outcomes are posted, is not going to present outcomes for ballots solid in House races Saturday.

Some elections are additionally a part of the state’s new closed major system. Voters will solely be allowed to solid ballots for candidates from their very own events for Congress, state Supreme Court, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and Louisiana’s Public Service Commission races.

Here’s a take a look at what voters in Caddo and Bossier will see on their ballots Saturday:

Closed Primaries (multi-parish races)

US Senate—Democratic Party

• Nick Albares
• Gary Crockett
• Jamie Davis

US Senate—Republican Party

• Sen. Bill Cassidy
• State Treasurer John Fleming
• Julia Letlow
• Mark Spencer

US House of Representatives 4th District — Democratic Party (election canceled, however showing on the ballot)

• Conrad Cable
• Matt Gromlich

US House of Representatives 4th District — Republican Party (election canceled, however showing on the ballot)

• Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
• Joshua Morott
• Michael Nichols

US House of Representatives sixth District — Democratic Party (election canceled however showing on the ballot)

US House of Representatives sixth District — Republican Party (election canceled however showing on the ballot)

• Monique Appearing
• Larry Davis
• Chris Johnson
• Peter Williams

Public Service Commissioner District 5 — Democratic Party

• Shreveport City Councilman James Green
• Austin Lawson

Public Service Commissioner District 5—Republican Party

• Caddo Commissioner John Atkins
• Aiden Joyner

Constitutional Amendments (Yes/No votes)

No. 1 (ACT No. 223, 2025-RS – SB 8): To authorize the addition or elimination of positions in the unclassified state civil service by regulation

“Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to remove or add officers, positions and employees to the unclassified state civil service?” (Amends Article X, Section 2(B))

No. 2 (ACT No. 218, 2025-RS – SB 25): To grant St. George group college system the authority to function a college system

“Do you support an amendment to grant the St. George community school system in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted parishes for purposes of Article VIII, Section 13 of the Constitution of Louisiana, including purposes related to the minimum foundation program, funding for certain school books and instructional materials and the raising of certain local revenues for the support of elementary and secondary schools?” (Amends Article VIII, Section 13(D)(1))

No. 3 (ACT No. 222, 2025-RS – HB 473): To fund a instructor pay raised by paying down debt of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana

“Do you support an amendment to fund a $2,250 teacher pay raise and $1,125 support staff pay raised by utilizing the remaining savings from paying down the debt of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana with moneys from certain constitutional funds?” (Effective Jan. 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 10.8(A)(1), (2), and (4), (B), and (C)(1); Adds Article VII, Section 10.17; Repeals Article VII, Sections 10(F)(4)(d), 10.1, 10.8(A)(3) and (C)(3), and 10.16(A)(9))

No. 4 (ACT No. 221, 2025-RS – HB 366): To present authority for a parish to categorise and authorize exemptions relative to advert valorem taxes

“Do you support an amendment to allow a parish to reduce or exempt property tax on property held as business inventory and to provide for the classification of Public Service Property?” (Amends Article VII, Sections 10.15(F)(1) and 18(A) and (B); Adds Article VII, Sections 20.1, 20.2, and 21(P))

No. 5 (ACT No. 219, 2025-RS – HB 63): To change the necessary retirement age of judges from 70 to 75 years of age

“Do you support an amendment to change the mandatory retirement age for judges from seventy to seventy-five, provided that a judge may continue to serve to complete a term of office?” (Amends Article V, Section 23(B))

Caddo-only elections (Yes/no votes)

Fire Protection Dist. No. 5 Proposition No. 1 of two: $75 Service Charge – BOD – 10 Yrs

“Shall Caddo Parish Fire District Number Five, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect an annual service charge not to exceed Seventy-Five Dollars ($75) on each residential and commercial structure, whether occupied or unoccupied, located wholly or partially within the District, pursuant to La. RS 40:1502.15, excluding that property annexed by the City of Shreveport before the election, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with “the 12 months 2027 and ending with the 12 months 2036 (an estimated $100,275 moderately anticipated presently to be collected from the levy of the service cost for a complete 12 months), for the goal of fireside safety, together with emergency medical transportation and all emergency medical providers incidental thereto, buying, developing, sustaining and working fireplace safety amenities and tools in and for the District, together with paying the value of acquiring water for fireplace safety functions and salaries of firemen and all functions incidental thereto?”

Fire Protection Dist. No. 5 Proposition No. 2 of two: $50 Service Charge – BOD – 10 Yrs.

“Shall Caddo Parish Fire District Number Five, State of Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect an annual service charge not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50) on each residential and commercial structure, whether occupied or unoccupied, located wholly or partly within the District, pursuant to La. RS 40:1502.15, excluding that property annexed by the City of Shreveport before the election, for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2027 and ending with the year 2036 (an estimated $66,850 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the service charge for an entire year), for the purpose of fire protection, including emergency medical transportation and all emergency medical services incidental thereto, acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment in and for the District, including paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes and salaries of firemen and all purposes incidental thereto?”