Election 2020

St. Landry Parish Government leaders are stressing that renewing a 1-mill, 10-year jail maintenance tax is crucial at Saturday’s election.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The proposition on the ballot states the tax is expected to raise $671,000 a year and is dedicated to operating and maintaining the parish jail that holds up to 232 prisoners.
“We need to make people realize how important this tax is for the jail,” said Coby Clavier, of Eunice, who serves as the St. Landry Parish Council chairman.
“It is not a new tax. It is a renewal,” he said.

Voters have Saturday to vote early for the Dec. 5 election.
Early voting began Nov. 20 and the total votes in St. Landry Parish at the end of voting Tuesday stood at 366.
There were 44 votes cast in the early voting poll at Eunice City Hall at the end of voting Tuesday.
The other polling place is at the parish registrar of voters’ office, 118 S. Court St., suite 114, Opelousas.
There were 179 votes cast at the registrar’s office through Tuesday.
The other votes cast were primarily absentee.

Early voting for the Dec. 5 election begins Friday.
Ballot issues in St. Landry Parish include:
— A consitutional amendment to allow the governor to appoint a person who resides out-of-state to serve as an at-large member of a public postsecondary education board of supervisors.