What’s on the Nov. 4 ballot

• Published: Oct 20, 2008 - Page: 5A - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Early voting for the Nov. 4 election is Tuesday through Oct. 28, excluding Sunday. Early voting hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In East Baton Rouge Parish, early voting with the Registrar of Voters is at these locations:

• Main Office: Governmental Building, 222 St. Louis St., Room 201.
• Southeast Office: Court Plaza Building, 10500 Coursey Blvd., Room 203.
• Baker Office: Motor Vehicle Building, 2250 Main St., Baker.
• Satellite Office: Louisiana Secretary of State Archives Building, 3851 Essen Lane.

Early voters should bring a Louisiana driver’s license, a Louisiana special identification card or some other recognized photo identification and their voter registration card.

• D = Democrat
• R = Republican
• O = Other party
• N = No party

Presidential Electors

• CONSTITUTION PARTY: Chuck Baldwin, Darrell Castle.
• DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Barack Obama, Joe Biden.
• GREEN PARTY: Cynthia McKinney, Rosa Clemente.
• INDEPENDENT: Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez.
• LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS PARTY: Ron Paul, Barry Goldwater Jr.
• PROHIBITION: Gene Amondson, Leroy Pletten.
• REPUBLICAN PARTY: John McCain, Sarah Palin.
• SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION: Gloria La Riva, Eugene Puryear.
• SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY: James Harris, Alyson Kennedy.

U.S. Senator

• Mary Landrieu, D
• Richard Fontanesi, L
• John Kennedy, R
• Jay Patel, N
• Robert Stewart, O

U.S. Representative RUNOFF
1st Congressional District
(Jefferson, Orleans, St. Charles, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes.)

• Jim Harlan, D
• Steve Scalise, R

6th Congressional District
(Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes.)

• Don Cazayoux, D
• William “Bill” Cassidy, R
• Michael Jackson, N

7th Congressional District
(Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St. Landry and Vermilion parishes.)

• Donald “Don” Cravins Jr., D
• Charles W. Boustany Jr., R
• Peter Vidrine, O

U.S. Representative SECOND PRIMARY
2nd Congressional District
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
(Jefferson and Orleans parishes.)

• William J. Jefferson, D
• Helena Moreno, D

4th Congressional District
(Central and north Louisiana.)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY

• Willie Banks, D
• Paul J. Carmouche, D

REPUBLICAN PARTY

• John Fleming, R
• Chris Gorman, R

Louisiana Supreme Court
Associate Justice
1ST SUPREME COURT DISTRICT
(Jefferson, Orleans, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes.)

• Greg Guidry, R
• Jimmy Kuhn, R

Public Service Commission
DISTRICT 1
(Ascension, Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. John, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and Washington parishes.)

• John F. Schwegmann, N
• Eric Skrmetta, R

State Representative
18th Representative District
(Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes.)

• Troy Grezaffi, D
• Major Thibaut, D

31st Representative District
(Lafayette and Vermilion parishes.)

• Nancy Landry, R
• Troy Theriot, R

21st Judicial District Court
District Judge
DIVISION I
(Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes.)

• Blair Downing Edwards, R
• C. Glenn Westmoreland, R

Louisiana Constitutional Amendments
CA No. 1 (Act 935-SB32)
(Term limits)
Limits to three the number of consecutive terms a person could serve on the Public Service Commission, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Board of Regents, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, LSU Board of Supervisors, Southern University Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges, Louisiana Forestry Commission, State Civil Service Commission or State Police Commission.

CA No. 2 (Act 937-SB296)
(Time limits for calling special legislative sessions)
Requires a proclamation for a special session to be issued at least seven calendar days prior to the session.

CA No. 3 (Act 931-HB183)
(Filling legislative vacancies created by military service )
Allows the legislature to make a temporary appointment to fill a vacancy if the incumbent is ordered to active military duty.

CA No. 4 (Act 932-HB420)
(State severance taxes to parishes)
To increase the maximum amount in severance taxes on natural resources remitted to the parish in which the production occurs from $850,000 to $1,850,000 effective July 1, 2009, and to $2,850,000 effective July 1, 2010, and to dedicate a portion of the severance taxes on state lands to the Atchafalaya Basin Conservation Fund.

CA No. 5 (Act 933-HB461)
(Expropriation transfer)
To allow homeowners to transfer any special property tax assessment level to their new homes when their property is sold to or expropriated by the state, federal or local government.

CA No. 6 (Act 936-SB295)
(Remove certain restrictions on blighted property)
To remove the requirement that public authorities first offer expropriated property to the prior owner before selling the property to a third party if the property was taken to remove a threat to public health or safety and was held for less than 30 years. Also removes the requirement that the property be sold by public bid.

CA No. 7 (Act 934-HB584)
(Investment of non-pension benefit trusts)
To allow public funds reserved for non-pension, post-employment benefits to be invested in stocks.

ACADIA PARISH
Crowley City Judge

• Lyle O. Fogleman Jr., D
• Marie Elise “M’elise” Trahan, D

ASCENSION PARISH
Constable
2ND JUSTICE COURT

• George “G.W.” Anderson, D
• Danny P. Thibodeaux, R

Justice of the Peace
3RD JUSTICE COURT

• Jamie Frederic Braud, D
• John C. Hebert, D

Parishwide Parish Council Proposition
To levy a 3-mill property tax, estimated to generate $2,100,000 a year from 2009 to 2028, to acquire, improve, expand and equip the Lamar-Dixon Exposition Center, and to pay the operation and maintenance costs.

ASSUMPTION PARISH
Constable
3RD JUSTICE WARD

• Carson Matherne, D
• Jamie P. Ponville, D

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
Juvenile Court Judge
ELECTION SECTION 1A

• Gerald T. “Jerry” Arbour, R
• Kathleen Stewart Richey, D

Metro Council
DISTRICT 2

• Ulysses “Bones” Addison, D
• Gerald Handy, D

DISTRICT 3

• Chandler Loupe, R
• M. Scott Wilson, R

DISTRICT 5

• Ronnie Edwards, D
• Herbert A. Pate, D

DISTRICT 6

• Donna Collins-Lewis, D
• Martha Jane Tassin, R

DISTRICT 7

• C. Denise Marcelle, D
• Byron Sharper, D

DISTRICT 10

• Larry Selders, D
• Tara Wicker, D

DISTRICT 11

• Alison Cascio, R
• Scott Lemoine, R

DISTRICT 12

• Jim Benham, R
• R.J. “Smokie” Bourgeois, R

Justice of the Peace
WARD 2, DISTRICT 3

• Moses M. Evans Jr., D
• Vernell Haynes, D

Parishwide Metro Council Proposition
To levy a 30-year, 1/2 percent sales tax and 9.9-mill property tax to fund $989 million in projects: Audubon ALIVE riverfront theme park, drainage and bridge improvements, a new parish prison, a new juvenile services facility, replace eight fire stations, a new public safety complex for the Police Department and Sheriff’s Office, rehabilitate the Governmental Building, replace and synchronize traffic signals, and expand the River Center and its parking.

EVANGELINE PARISH
Ville Platte City Marshal

• Ronald “T” Doucet, D
• Blaine Matte, D

Mamou Alderman
DISTRICT 4

• Mark Jerry Deshotels, D
• Robin Young, D

Road District No. 4 Proposition
To extend for 20 years a 15-mill property tax, generating an estimated $201,915 a year, for parish roads and highways, replacing a 15-mill property tax authorized through 2016.

Ward One School District Proposition
To incur debt and issue $17.75 million in 30-year bonds, repayable by property taxes, for school construction as set forth in Plan B approved by the School Board on Aug. 20.

IBERIA PARISH
New Iberia Board of Trustees
DISTRICT 3

• David N. Broussard, D
• Robert J. Suire, D

DISTRICT 4

• Winston Copell, R
• David Merrill, D

IBERVILLE PARISH
Justice of the Peace
WARD 2

• Jimmy Green III, N
• Alexander Wright Sr., D

Constable
WARD 2

• Kevin Brock, D
• Lloyd “Big Red” Snowten, D

LAFAYETTE PARISH
Carencro Council

• L.J. Boudreaux, D
• Alfred Sinegal, D

LIVINGSTON PARISH
Constable
WARD 5

• Carroll “Wayne” Bates, D
• Gilbert Delatte, D

WARD 9

• Michael “Cookie” Cook, D
• Leroy Owens, R

Killian proposition
To levy a 10-year, 1 percent sales tax, estimated to generate $3,000 a year, for town operations as follows: one third for Killian Water Works, one third for administration, and one third for public safety, with private sales of all registered vehicles and motor craft exempted from the tax.