Early Voting for the November 8th election begins today. Your ballot will contain congressional and local races, but also EIGHT Constitutional Amendments to decide. Today, we break down Amendment 2. Steven Procopio, with the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR), says this amendment, if approved by voters, would exempt disabled military veterans from paying property tax…
He says, “Right now, under the current law, everyone has a $75-thousand homestead exemption…and then veterans who have a 100% service-connected disability get double that. They get a $150-thousand exemption.” Procopio says a “yes” vote removes all property tax liability for them…
“Voting YES would move the…instead of $150-thousand exemption, it would be a complete and total exemption on paying property taxes.”
The amendment, if approved, would also establish a sliding scale of additional property tax exemption for persons with a partial military service-related disability. He says a “no” vote on the November 8th ballot would reject the plan and stay with what is already in place…
“If you vote NO that would be that. If you’re voting YES it would increase the exemption they are getting, as well as add a couple of categories that would get a better break, but not a total exemption.”
PAR merely shares information and makes no recommendations on how you should vote. To read more, visit “PARLouisiana.org.”
LRN will continue our series on the six remaining Constitutional Amendments between now and Election Day. There will be another three amendments on the December ballot as well.
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