Voting

Lawmakers opted to remove the Independent Party to avoid confusion, Secretary of State spokesperson Joel Watson said.

Some rural Louisiana towns struggle to find candidates due to unique challenges to holding rural office.

Voters will choose a member of the Board of Supervisors for the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District for the first time in the district’s history.

Early voting for Louisiana’s May 3 Municipal General Election will begin Saturday, April 19. Voters in East Baton Rouge will also choose a new state representative in a Special Primary Election.

Almost a year after the suburb was incorporated into a city, voters in St. George elected their first leaders on Saturday. Residents also voted against adopting a home rule charter, which would have established the city’s governing structure.

Louisiana voters rejected all four proposed amendments to the state constitution on Saturday.

The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a constitutional amendment–which would change the state’s tax code and raise teacher pay–from appearing on the March 29 ballot.

Early voter turnout so far is very low for Louisiana’s March 29 election to decide the fate of four constitutional amendments and, for some voters, local races and tax referendums.

Here's what we know about each amendment and how various organizations and advocacy groups feel about them.

If passed, it would be the most significant revision of the state’s constitution since 1974.