Early voting begins Saturday in Jeff Davis for March 25 election

Jennings, LA (KPLC) - Early voting begins on March 11 for the March 25 election in Jeff Davis Parish.

Early voting will run through March 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., excluding Sunday, March 12.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot is March 21 by 4:30 p.m., except for military and overseas voters. You can request an absentee ballot online through the Voter Portal or in writing through your Registrar of Voters Office.

On March 25, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

On the ballot in Jeff Davis:

Gravity Drainage District No. 9 - 9.21 Mills Renewal - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Shall the Gravity Drainage District No. 9, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana (the “District”), be authorized to continue to levy a special tax of nine and twenty-one hundredths (9.21) mills on all property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $214,300 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 2024 and ending with the year 2033, for the purpose of improving, constructing, maintaining and operating gravity drainage works within the District limits?

Fire Protection District No. 3 - 3.59 Mills Renewal - BOC - 10 Yrs.

Shall Fire Protection District No. 3 of the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana (the “District”), be authorized to continue to levy a special tax of three and fifty-nine hundredths (3.59) mills on all the property subject to taxation within the District (an estimated $239,300 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 2024 and ending with the year 2033, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment in the District and paying the cost of obtaining water for fire protection purposes, said tax to be in addition to the 5.12 mills tax now authorized to be levied by the District for such purposes?

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