Early Voting Under Way

/ Winn Parish Journal

Early voting will be held at the Winn Parish Registrar of Voters office through Saturday, Nov. 27 from 8:30 am – 6 pm. The office will be closed on Nov. 26-27 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. The office will reopen on Nov. 28.

Dec. 5th polling places will be open from, 7 am – 8 pm for the Open General/Congressional Election.

Absentee voting by mail is intended for voters who will be out of the parish on Election Day and the week of early voting, or if the person is over 65 years of age, or has a mobility impaired ID card (must provide copy).

The deadline to make a written request for an absentee ballot by mail is Nov. 30 at 4:30 pm. Written request forms can be downloaded at http://www.sos.la.gov under “Elections.” Click on the “Vote” link, then click on “Vote by Mail” on the application to vote by mail.

Your written request must include: Voter’s name, Voter’s Natchitoches Parish address, Voter’s date of birth, Voter’s Social Security number or driver’s license number, reason the ballot is being requested, election dat (Dec. 5, 2020), address to where the ballot is to be mailed, and Voter’s signature.

Ballots must be returned to the Registrar of Voters Office by mail by 4:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 4. Military and overseas: Ballots must be returned to the Registrar of Voters Office by mail or by fax before noon on Election Day.

Winn Parish Ballot:

U. S. Representative — 5th Congressional District
Runs in multiple parishes

Lance Harris (REP)
Luke J. Letlow (REP) 

Constable — Justice of the Peace Ward 11

Brian Scott Jordan (REP)
Mitchell Miles (REP)

RSCC Member — 29th Senatorial District, Division A
Runs in multiple parishes
 
Shannon Frank Reeves, Sr. (REP)
Franz Holton Robinson (REP)
 

RSCC Member — 31st Senatorial District, Division C
Runs in multiple parishes

Jack G. McFarland (REP)
“Rick” Nowlin (REP)
 
 
RSCC Member — 35th Senatorial District, Division H
Runs in multiple parishes
 
“Sam” Brimer (REP)
Jimmy Waggoner (REP)
 
 
 
CA NO. 1 (ACT 10, 2nd ES – SB 44) — Allows out-of-state resident to serve on a public postsecondary education board of supervisors
Runs in multiple parishes
 
Present Constitution-provides that the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall be composed of fifteen members. Two members shall be from each congressional district and the remaining member or members shall be from the state at large, appointed by the governor with consent of the Senate.
 
Present Constitution- provides that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the governor, as provided by law. In addition, the board shall have two student members as provided by law. All members selected and appointed by the governor shall be appointed with the consent of the Senate. Of those members selected and appointed by the governor, there shall be two members from each congressional district and the remaining member or members from the state at large. The board should be representative of the state’s population by race and gender to ensure diversity.
 
Proposed Constitutional Amendment provides-that when there is more than one at-large member on the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System, the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, or the Community and Technical Colleges, at least one at-large member shall be a resident of the state, and upon recommendation of the board, the governor may appoint persons who reside out-of-state as the remaining at-large member or members.
 
 
 
PW Law Enforcement Dist. — 9.40 Mills Renewal – Sheriff – 10 Yrs.
Shall the Law Enforcement District of the Parish of Winn, State of Louisiana (the “District”), be authorized to continue to levy and collect a tax of nine and forty hundredths (9.40) mills tax (the “Tax”) on all the property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $668,340 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year) for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2021 and ending with the year 2030, with the avails or proceeds of the Tax to be used to continue to fund the Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office?

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