By over 30 point margins, Louisiana voters rejected amendments to
1. Expand the state’s authority to punish out-of-state attorneys
2. Reform the state’s tax code in a mostly regressive direction
3. Allow the state legislature to expand the universe of crimes for which minors can be charged as adults
4. Sped up the timeline for judicial vacancies to be filled
Amendments 1-3 seemed to be the main objects of Democratic opposition. The amendments garnered a good bit of opposition from Republican voters as well, but Democratic turnout was apparently quite high, including from black voters. This is notable because Louisiana is like the last state that you would expect to find highly-motivated resist lib turnout for a random spring referendum.
wallander1983 on
*With the rejection of Amendment 3, Louisiana will not see an increase in the number of felony crimes for which teenagers can be charged as adults, a change that had been sought by some tough-on-crime lawmakers but decried by youth and criminal justice advocates. It failed 34% to 66%.*
—
Huh.
PoliticalAlt128 on
> We realize how hard positive change can be to implement in a state that is conditioned for failure
Not that I disagree with this description of Louisiana, but this feels both an inappropriate way for a governor to describe their state and also raises some questions about what party famously dominant in Louisiana might be contributing to this condition
No_Return9449 on
Article says the governor blamed the loss on George Soros. Imagine a person of means trying to buy an election!
On an unrelated note, Elon cancelled his event for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.
4 Comments
By over 30 point margins, Louisiana voters rejected amendments to
1. Expand the state’s authority to punish out-of-state attorneys
2. Reform the state’s tax code in a mostly regressive direction
3. Allow the state legislature to expand the universe of crimes for which minors can be charged as adults
4. Sped up the timeline for judicial vacancies to be filled
Amendments 1-3 seemed to be the main objects of Democratic opposition. The amendments garnered a good bit of opposition from Republican voters as well, but Democratic turnout was apparently quite high, including from black voters. This is notable because Louisiana is like the last state that you would expect to find highly-motivated resist lib turnout for a random spring referendum.
*With the rejection of Amendment 3, Louisiana will not see an increase in the number of felony crimes for which teenagers can be charged as adults, a change that had been sought by some tough-on-crime lawmakers but decried by youth and criminal justice advocates. It failed 34% to 66%.*
—
Huh.
> We realize how hard positive change can be to implement in a state that is conditioned for failure
Not that I disagree with this description of Louisiana, but this feels both an inappropriate way for a governor to describe their state and also raises some questions about what party famously dominant in Louisiana might be contributing to this condition
Article says the governor blamed the loss on George Soros. Imagine a person of means trying to buy an election!
On an unrelated note, Elon cancelled his event for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election.