Early vote ends; election Saturday

CROWLEY - If early voting is any indication, expect a much lower turnout for Saturday’s election when voters will pick a new U.S. Senator and a new U.S. Representative.
For the Nov. 8 election, nearly 6,000 voters in Acadia Parish cast early ballots, representing almost 15 percent of the registered voters.
Of course, there were five races, including the hotly contested presidential election, on that ballot.
This time around, only 2,645 early votes were cast, according to Registrar of Voters Billie J. Meyer. That’s just 6.6 percent of Acadia’s 40,282 registered voters.
On Saturday, voters in Acadia will help to elect a U.S. Senator to fill the seat vacated by David Vitter, who did not seek reelection, and a U.S. Congressman, to fill the seat vacated by Dr. Charles Boustany Jr., who was unsuccessful in his bid to win Vitter’s seat.
In the senate race, Republican and Nov. 8 front-runner John Kennedy, currently Louisiana’s state treasurer, squares off with Democrat Foster Campbell, currently a member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission.
Vying for the Congressional seat are Scott Angelle and Clay Higgins, both Republicans.
Angelle also is a member of the Public Service Commission. This is Higgins’ first foray into the political arena.
One proposition also is on the ballot for part of Acadia Parish. Fire Protection District 8 — the Lyons Point area — is seeking a parcel fee increase. The fee, if approved, would increase from $25 to $50 beginning with the year 2017 and continuing through 2022, bringing in an estimated $33,500 annually for maintaining and operating fire protection facilities and equipment for the district.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. on Saturday.

 

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