Louisiana voters soundly rejected all four constitutional amendments in Saturday’s election. Overall voter turnout reached just over 21% according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office.
As Louisiana Public Radio reports, in all, 65% of voters rejected Amendment 1 which concerned the creation of specialty trial courts and the Louisiana Supreme Court’s authority to discipline out-of-state attorneys. And 65% of voters also did not support Amendment 2. It would have changed the state’s tax code and raised teacher pay.
A slightly higher number of voters, 66%, voted against Amendment 3. That measure would have given the state legislature power to expand the list of felonies a person under 17 years of age could be charged as an adult. Slightly fewer voters, 64%, opposed Amendment 4, which would have changed how judicial vacancies are filled.
