SUMMARY: This weekend in Lake Charles, Louisiana, two significant State title games are set to take place. The 15th annual Van Lee Relays showcased exciting track and field action at Neville High School, featuring notable performances like Charlotte Switzer’s first-place long jump of 16’5″ and Aiden Anding’s impressive long jump of 22’11”. In running events, Gabriella Glover won the girls’ 100-meter dash with a time of 12.35 seconds. In baseball, West Monroe topped Captain Shreve 3-1, while Ruston secured a 5-1 victory over K. N. Central. Other teams had mixed results in both baseball and softball competitions.

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Early voting begins Saturday for March 29 elections; 4 constitutional amendments

by Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator
March 14, 2025

Early voting in Louisiana begins Saturday for the March 29 election to decide the fate of four constitutional amendments and, for some voters, local races.

Early voting takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 15-22, excluding Sunday, March 16. 

Voters in all parishes will have four constitutional amendments on the ballot, while a select number of towns and parishes will get to decide on local propositions and offices, according to Secretary of State Nancy Landry. 

The election will decide who gets a seat on the 21st Judicial District Court that covers Tangipahoa, Livingston and St. Helena parishes. Democrats did not enter a candidate for this race, so three Republicans are jockeying for the seat.

Fourteen parishes will have local races on the ballots: Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Livingston, Morehouse, Rapides, Richland, Sabine, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. Mary, Vermilion, Vernon and Washington.

There are 17 parishes with local propositions on the ballots: Acadia, Allen, Assumption, Claiborne, Iberia, Jackson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Ouachita, Plaquemines, St. James, St. Landry, Terrebonne, Union, Webster and West Baton Rouge.

Ten parishes have local races and ballot referendums: Ascension, Bossier, Caddo, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Red River, St. Tammany and Tangipahoa.

Voters who are not overseas but cannot vote in-person still have time to request and cast an absentee ballot. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 4:30 p.m. March 25, and completed ballots must be turned in by 4:30 p.m. March 28. 

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day, March 29.

For more information on voting, visit GeauxVote.com or call (800) 883-2805

Louisiana Illuminator is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Louisiana Illuminator maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Greg LaRose for questions: info@lailluminator.com.

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