Early voting begins Saturday for tax propositions

Early voting for the May 3 election begins Saturday.
Two property tax renewals, one on each end of the parish, will appear on the ballot.
Early voting will run 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. through April 26 except for Easter Sunday. Bring a photo ID to vote early at Registrar of Voters Office locations.
Voters in Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2 will be asked to renew a 2.79-mill property tax for 10 years. The tax raises an estimated $385,000 a year for “acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating gravity and forced drainage works within and for the District.”
The district covers the Morgan City area, specifically voting precincts 35-44.
Voters in Cypremort Point, voting precinct 1, will be asked to renew a 2-mill property tax.
The tax, which would be renewed for 10 years, raises $60,000 a year “for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating the District’s fire protection facilities, including the purchase of firetrucks, and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes. …”