Ballot Initiatives

New Orleanians could have a chance this fall to expand the municipal bill of rights — by amending the home rule charter to prohibit any laws that arbitrarily and unreasonably discriminate against someone based on conviction history.

If passed, it would be the most significant revision of the state’s constitution since 1974.

The Public Affairs Research Council (PAR), a nonpartisan governmental research organization led various public discussions regarding the four amendments and compiled a 13-page report detailing each measure.

Voters in Jefferson Parish will decide on May 4 whether to approve a millage to give Jefferson Parish teachers and staff a pay raise. It would be the…

Follow live results for key ballot measures and state propositions across the country for the 2018 midterm elections.