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Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, in parishes having a population in excess of four hundred forty thousand, based on the latest federal decennial census, all qualified electors residing within the parishes of the area proposed for incorporation shall be entitled to vote in the special election and the election shall be held in accordance with the procedures specified in R.S. 18:1300.

The population in East Baton Rouge was 440,171 at the last census. The next highest is Jefferson with 432,552.

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Posted by holmesbr

Baton Rouge, La.

Member since Feb 2012

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Posted on 5/8/19 at 11:17 am to Brummy

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residing within the parishes of the area proposed for incorporation shall be entitled to vote in the special election and the election shall be held in accordance with the procedures specified in R.S. 18:1300.

Does the St George vote have to be a special election? What if they held with regular scheduled election? Would that not apply then?

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Posted by Cymry Teigr

Member since Sep 2012

2107 posts

Posted on 5/8/19 at 11:25 am to Brummy

Seeing as the petition was done before this law, wouldn't that legislation only be applicable to new requests going forward? Doesn't that fall under the ex post facto limitations imposed on states?

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Posted by redbaron

Member since Aug 2011

710 posts

Posted on 5/8/19 at 1:19 pm to Brummy

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in parishes having a population in excess of four hundred forty thousand

My grandpa was a judge, always joked about how many bills/laws had clauses with an arbitrary "population in excess of 400,000"....because in effect they only applied to New Orleans.

Three parts of Louisiana- north Louisiana, south Louisiana, and New Orleans.

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