Ballot Page - 1 Sunday, October 19, 2014 • Page 7BRuston Daily Leader

SAMPLE BALLOTINSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING

1 Lincoln

Part the curtains and exit the voting booth.

Press the white square to the right of the candidate of your choice;a green X will appear indicating your selection.

To change a selection, press the white square again. The green X will disappear and you may make a new selection.

Make ALL selections, then press the button located in thelower right corner. This electronically records all of your votes.

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SAMPLE BALLOTINSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING

1 Lincoln

Part the curtains and exit the voting booth.

Press the white square to the right of the candidate of your choice;a green X will appear indicating your selection.

To change a selection, press the white square again. The green X will disappear and you may make a new selection.

Make ALL selections, then press the button located in thelower right corner. This electronically records all of your votes.

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CastVote

SAMPLE BALLOTINSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING

1 Lincoln

Part the curtains and exit the voting booth.

Press the white square to the right of the candidate of your choice;a green X will appear indicating your selection.

To change a selection, press the white square again. The green X will disappear and you may make a new selection.

Make ALL selections, then press the button located in thelower right corner. This electronically records all of your votes.

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CastVote

SamPle BallotSAMPLE BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING

BELOW IS THE SAMPLE BALLOT ALLPARISHES AND WARDS WILL BE USED FOR VOTING

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 1-01

Parish: LINCOLNWds./Dist./Pcts. 1-02, 1-04, 1-06

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WARD-PRECINCT .............LOCATION01-01 ..............................Grambling Town Hall, 127 King Street, Grambling01-03, 01-04, 01-05 ......McLane Recreation Center, 601 James Street, Ruston07-06, 01-07 ..................McLane Recreation Center, 601 James Street, Ruston02-01 ..............................Grambling Town Hall, 127 King Street, Grambling02-02 ..............................Reese Hall-Tech Farm, 1401 Reese Drive, Ruston03-01 ..............................Simsboro High School, 114 Tiger Drive, Simsboro03-02 ..............................Greenwood Club House, 886 Mitcham Orchard Road, Ruston03-03 ..............................Simsboro High School, 114 Tiger Drive, Simsboro03-04 ..............................Nobles School Fire Station, 440 Nobles School Road, Dubach03-05 ..............................Vienna Town Hall, 5168 Hwy. 167 North, Ruston03-06 ..............................Greenwood Club House, 886 Mitcham Orchard Road, Ruston04-01 ..............................Dubach Town Hall, 7833 Annie Lee Street, Dubach04-02 ..............................Dubach Fire Station, 118 Smith Street, Dubach04-03 ..............................Mineral Springs Fire Station, 4428 Hwy. 822, Dubach04-04 ..............................Colvin Memorial, 6598 Hwy. 822, Unionville Community04-05 ..............................Hico Fire Station, 747 Hwy. 152, Dubach04-06 ..............................Mineral Springs Fire Station, 4428 Hwy. 822, Dubach05-01 ..............................Choudrant High School, 2555 Hwy. 80 East, Choudrant05-02 ..............................Sibley Fire Station, 132 Hwy. 821, Choudrant05-03 ..............................Chandler Road Fire Station, 985 Chandler Road, Ruston05-04 ..............................Choudrant High School, 2555 Hwy. 80 East, Choudrant06-01 ..............................Glenview Elementary School, 1601 Bittersweet Avenue, Ruston06-02 ..............................McLane Recreation Center, 601 James Street, Ruston06-03, 06-04, 06-05 .......Glenview Elementary School, 1601 Bittersweet Avenue, Ruston07-01, 07-02 ..................Hillcrest Elementary School, 301 E. Kentucky Avenue, Ruston08-01 ..............................Ruston Civic Center, 401 N. Trenton Street, Ruston08-02 ..............................Chandler Road Fire Station, 985 Chandler Road, Ruston08-03 ..............................Ruston Civic Center, 401 N. Trenton Street, Ruston08-04 ..............................McLane Recreation Center, 601 James Street, Ruston08-05 ..............................Ruston Civic Center, 401 N. Trenton Street, Ruston09-01, 09-02 ..................LP School Board Media Center, 504 E. Arizona Avenue, Ruston09-03 ..............................McLane Recreation Center, 601 James Street, Ruston09-04, 09-05 ..................LP School Board Media Center, 504 E. Arizona Avenue, Ruston09-06 ..............................Sisemore Fire Station, 540 Sisemore Road, Ruston10-01, 10-02, 10-03 .......Ruston Public Works Complex, 701 E. Tennessee Avenue, Ruston10-04 ..............................Sisemore Fire Station, 540 Sisemore Road, Ruston10-05, 10-06 ..................Paul Slaton Headstart Center, 1400 Oakdale Street, Ruston11-01, 11-02,11-03, 11-04 Reese Hall-Tech Farm, 1401 Reese Drive, Ruston11-05, ............................Catherine’s Dance Studio, 131 R W E Jones Drive, Grambling12-01, 12-02, 12-03 .......St Thomas Aquinas School, 910 Carey Avenue, Ruston12-04, 12-05, 11-06 .......St Thomas Aquinas School, 910 Carey Avenue, Ruston

POLLING PLACES

Each voting area is labeled by its ward , district and precinct denoting each voting location. To find out what’s on your ballot, find your ward-district and where you would vote and find its corresponding ballot. If you do not know which precinct or ward you are located, call the Registra of Voter in Lincoln Parist at 251-5110 and they will be able to tell you.

Example: If your ward-precinct is 11-03 and you vote at Reese Hall in Ruston. Look for the ballot that is labeled “Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 8-03, 9-01, 9-04, 10-01, 10-04, 10-06, 11-03” which is on Ballot Page - 3.

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S a m p l e B a l l o t c o n t i n u e d • B a l l o t p a g e - 2Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 1-03 Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 1-05 Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 1-07

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 2-01 Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 3-02, 3-05, 3-06

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 4-02Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 3-03

Parish: LINCOLNWds./Dist./Pcts. 2-02

Parish: LINCOLNWds./Dist./Pcts. 3-01, 3-04

Parish: LINCOLNWds./Dist./Pcts. 4-04, 4-03, 4-04, 4-06

Parish: LINCOLN 4-05, 5-01 thur 5-04, 6-05, 8-02, 9-05, 9-06, 10-02, 11-02, 12-06

S a m p l e B a l l o t c o n t i n u e d • B a l l o t p a g e - 3Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 6-01, 7-01

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 11-05 Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 12-02Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 9-02, 10-03, 10-05, 11-01, 11-04, 12-04

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 6-02, 12-01 Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 6-03, 8-04, 9-03, 12-03, 12-05

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 6-04, 7-02 Parish: LINCOLNWds./Dist./Pcts. 8-01, 8-05

Parish: LINCOLN Wds./Dist./Pcts. 8-03, 9-01, 9-04, 10-01, 10-04, 10-06, 11-03

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P R o P o S e D C o N S t I t U t I o N a l a m e N D m e N t S S U m m a R Y

P R o P o S e D C o N S t I t U t I o N a l a m e N D m e N t S

1. Medical trust fund and healthcare provider base rate.A vote FOR would give constitutional protection to provisions in the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund and set a baseline compensation rate for nursing homes and certain other healthcare providers that pay a provider fee.

A vote AGAINST would not give special constitutional protections to the trust fund or establish a minimum base rate for healthcare providers. 2. Hospital assessment, trust fund and fee formulaA vote FOR would allow an assessment on hospitals to draw down more federal Medicaid dollars for the institutions and create a Hospital Stabilization Fund.

A vote AGAINST would leave current hospital funding methods as they are, with no new assessment and no special constitutional fund.

3. Sales of property with delinquent taxesA vote FOR would allow local governments the op-tion to use a private firm to assist in the collection of delinquent property taxes and the process of selling property whose owners are tax delinquent.

A vote AGAINST would keep the current law, which prohibits some forms of outsourced tax collection fees according to recent court rulings .

4. Fund transfers for an infrastructure bankA vote FOR would allow the State Treasurer to invest public funds into a Louisiana Transportation Infrastruc-ture Bank, in the event that such a bank is created.

A vote AGAINST would not give permission to the State Treasurer to invest public funds in a Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Bank.

5. Elimination of the mandatory retire-ment age of judgesA vote FOR would eliminate the mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges.

A vote AGAINST would keep the mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges.

6. Higher millage cap for police and fire protection in Orleans ParishA vote FOR would raise the Orleans Parish special millage caps for police and fire protection from five to 10 mills, giving the New Orleans City Council authority to levy additional mills with voter approval.

A vote AGAINST would keep the Orleans Parish special millage caps for police and fire protection at five mills.

7. Property tax exemption for certain disabled veteransA vote FOR would give a bonus homestead exemp-tion to veterans rated with 100% “unemployability” in parishes where a similar tax break has been ap-proved by voters.

A vote AGAINST would mean that veterans who are rated 100% unemployable but less than 100% disabled would not receive the additional homestead exemption.

8. Artificial Reef Development FundA vote FOR would establish the Artificial Reef Devel-opment Fund in the Constitution and prohibit using its money for purposes other than those described in the amendment.

A vote AGAINST would leave the fund as it currently ex-ists—as a statutory entity—which allows it to be “swept” when the government needs money to balance the state’s budget.

9. Tax exemption reporting for perma-nently disabled residentsA vote FOR would eliminate the requirement that homeowners under the age of 65 who are permanently disabled must certify every year that their income meets the threshold for an assessment freeze.

A vote AGAINST would mean that permanently disabled homeowners under the age of 65 would have to continue to certify each year that their income meets the requirements for the freeze.

10. Tax sale of vacant, blighted or abandoned propertyA vote FOR would require each parish to shorten the redemption period for vacant blighted or abandoned property sold at a tax sale to 18 months after the sale has been recorded.

A vote AGAINST would leave the redemption period as is—three years from the date the sale has been recorded— except in Orleans Parish, which already has an 18-month redemption period.

11. Increases the number of state de-partments from 20 to 21A vote FOR would increase the limit of allowed state government departments from 20 to 21, effectively creating a Department of Elderly Affairs.

A vote AGAINST would leave the current limit in place but would not necessarily prevent the future creation of a Department of Elderly Affairs.

12. Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commis-sion membershipA vote FOR would change the membership of the Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to require that two at-large members come from parishes north of a line created by Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Evangeline and Pointe Coupee.

A vote AGAINST would leave the membership as it currently stands— with three members from the coastal parishes and four selected from the state at large.

13. Orleans Lower Ninth Ward vacant propertyA vote FOR would allow government-owned property in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans to be sold to specified classes of buyers at a nominal rate to be established by the Legislature.

A vote AGAINST would not allow this type of property sale in the Lower Ninth Ward.

14. Tax rebates, incentives and abate-mentsA vote FOR would forbid the introduction of legislation related to tax rebates, tax incentives or tax abatements in even-numbered years when the Legislature holds a general session and specifically allow such legislation in odd-numbered years during fiscal sessions.

A vote AGAINST would mean legislators could con-tinue to introduce legislation related to tax rebates, tax incentives or tax abatements in general sessions.

Source: PAR Guide to the 2014 Constitutional Amendments - An Independent, Non-Partisan Review

Your vote counts!Early voting is from 8:30 AM - 6 PM

Oct. 21-28, except Sunday.The Primary is Nov. 6