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re: St. George organizers submit petition with signatures

Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:39 pm to
Posted by Asgard Device
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:39 pm to
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So is it a statewide election or just parish wide?


Its both.

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Even if it is a parishwide I can see Zachary/Central siding with StG making it a little closer.



Zachary + Central = less than 9% of the parish's population.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:41 pm to
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Its both.


I'm confused. Are there two votes or just one?
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 5:42 pm
Posted by Shaun176
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
2465 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:43 pm to
Central, Baker, and Zachary all had to pass both the state and EBR. Central won ebr 52-48, before the post Katrina demographic switch.

The StG committee is looking for away to not have it pass EBR.
Posted by The Cool No 9
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:46 pm to
When this was first announced I didn't see Lauberge and the mall sticking with BR
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:46 pm to
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Central, Baker, and Zachary all had to pass both the state and EBR. Central won ebr 52-48, before the post Katrina demographic switch.


Ah, ok.

Not sure you get all of the Central/Zach/Baker vote, but would imagine those go towards StG.

The rest I guess would be too early to tell depending on what the districts lines will be.

Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18153 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:50 pm to
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I'm confused. Are there two votes or just one?



Because they have to amend the constitution in order to create (or fund, I can't remember which one right now) a new school district, it has to be approved by both a majority of voters in the state and a majority of the parish it affects. So the entire state and the parish need to approve it.

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Amendments to the constitution can be proposed that directly affect voters in just part of the state. If an amendment affects five or fewer parishes it has to be approved by a majority statewide vote and by a majority vote in the parishes it affects. The same thing is true for an amendment that affects five or fewer municipalities in the state.
LINK

I thought I read somewhere that just the part of EBRP that is part of EBRPSS has to approve the break (so no Central, Baker, or Zachary), but that doesn't seem to be the case based on the above link.
Posted by Asgard Device
The Daedalus
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:50 pm to
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I'm confused. Are there two votes or just one?



Its all the same election. Still gotta win parish-wide and state-wide. State-wide is easy and is a non-issue.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 10/21/14 at 5:53 pm to
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Its all the same election. Still gotta win parish-wide and state-wide. State-wide is easy and is a non-issue.



Makes sense.

As I said, I would imagine how the lines are drawn depends on if it gets approved or not. Who gets left out is more important than who is included.
This post was edited on 10/21/14 at 5:54 pm
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