Early votes near 4,900 in St. Mary

Nearly 4,900 St. Mary Parish voters had cast their ballots for the Nov. 6 election as of the end of early voting Tuesday, Parish Registrar of Voters Jolene Holcombe said in an email.

A total of 4,897 people, 14.7 percent of the parish’s eligible voters, have voted early for the election, Holcombe said.

By party, 2,092 Republicans, 1,987 Democrats and 818 other-party voters voted early.

On Tuesday, 826 voters cast ballots in St. Mary with 489 votes in Morgan City, 337 votes in Franklin and six votes by mail. Other daily early voting totals in the parish were as follows: 717 votes Oct. 23, 676 votes Oct. 24, 502 votes Thursday, 641 votes Friday, 578 votes Saturday, and 686 votes Monday.

The parish registrar’s office received 271 mail ballots before the start of early voting Oct. 23.

The sheriff and coroner races are the two parishwide races on the ballot. Other races in the area are for Berwick mayor and council, Patterson mayor, council and police chief, Morgan City Council District 4 and school board districts 7, 9 and 10. Area voters will also be able to vote for U.S. Representative 3rd Congressional District, 1st Circuit Court of Appeal.

Other items on the ballot are a 5-mill property tax renewal for St. Mary Parish Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 2 and 10-mill property tax renewal for Fire Protection District No. 3. Additionally, St. Mary Parish voters will be able to decide whether to allow fantasy sports gaming in the parish.

Secretary of state is the one statewide race on the ballot. Six state constitutional amendments are also on the ballot.