Saturday is Election Day

Voting for the next state treasurer and District 2 public service commissioner is Saturday. District 2 includes St. Mary and 12 other parishes.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voters in Amelia will be able to vote on a proposition that would allow Gravity Drainage District 6 to levy a special tax of 7.83 mills on all the property subject to taxation in the district to raise a projected $530,240 annually for a period of 10 years, beginning in 2018 and ending in 2027, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and operating gravity drainage works.
Three state constitutional amendments will also be on voters’ ballots.
Proposed Amendment No. 1 would exempt from property taxes materials and other property delivered to a construction site to be made part of a building or other construction.
Proposed Amendment No. 2 would authorize an exemption from ad valorem property tax for the total assessed value of the homestead exemption of an unmarried surviving spouse of a person who died while performing their duties as an emergency medical responder, technician, paramedic, volunteer firefighter, or a law enforcement or fire protection officer.
Proposed Amendment No. 3 would dedicate any new tax levied on gasoline, diesel, and special fuels into the Construction Subfund, which would be used solely for project delivery, construction, and maintenance of transportation and capital transit infra-structure projects and not for paying employee wages and related benefits or employee retirement benefits.
A total of 1,100 absentee and early St. Mary Parish voters had cast ballots by the end of Tuesday, according to St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Jolene Holcombe. Early voting was from Sept. 30 to Oct. 7.
Patterson residents will have another election for special charter amendments on Nov. 18 to determine the separation of powers between the mayor and police chief. The proposed amendments, if passed, will allow the mayor to hire and discipline all city employees except those in the police department. The power over city employees within the police department will be given to the police chief.