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La. Ballot - Constitutional Amendments 3 and 4

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LA BALLOT ISSUES -   November 6th Election Day is fast approaching and there are 6 constitutional amendments on Louisiana’s Ballot.  To get a better understanding of what each amendment addresses, we asked Jeff Sadow, associate professor of political science at LSU in Shreveport to give  a quick overview of what each amendment entails.  Click the audiolinks below to hear the segments and you can get more voter information by clicking the weblink near the bottom of this page 

LA CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 3 -    Donations  among  local  governments.
Amendment 3 would allow local governments or other political subdivisions to donate equipment and personnel to each other under limited circumstance.

LA CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4 - Protecting Louisiana's Transportation Trust Fund - If Amendment 4 is passed, it would prohibit lawmakers from future diversion of money from the transportation trust fund to support the operations of the Louisiana State Police for the purposes of "traffic control".

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LA BALLOT ISSUES - Jeff Sadow, associate professor of political science at LSU in Shreveport to give a quick overview of what each amendment entails, for this segment he discusses Amendment 4.

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Jeff Sadow, Associate Professor of Political Science - LSUS

For more information on the constitutional amendments on the Louisiana Ballot for 2018,  click:

LOUISIANA 2018 BALLOT INFORMATION

 

Chuck Smith brings more than 30 years' broadcast and media experience to Red River Radio. He began his career as a radio news reporter and transitioned to television journalism and newsmagazine production. Chuck studied mass communications at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and motion picture / television production at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has also taught writing for television at York Technical College in Rock Hill, South Carolina and video / film production at Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport.