Assumption Parish — Parishwide Proposition No. 1 of 2 (Sales Tax Rededication)

What it does

Shall the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana (the "Parish"), having been previously authorized at elections held on October 12, 1968, and January 17, 1998, to levy a 1% sales and use tax (the "Tax") (an estimated $3,700,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), after providing for the principal, interest and reserve requirements in connection with the issuance and payment of all bonds of the Parish heretofore or hereafter sold and issued by the Parish and payable from the proceeds of the Tax, then be authorized to appropriate, dedicate and use the remaining revenues heretofore or hereafter derived from the Tax for the purposes set forth in the prior propositions approving the levy of the Tax and for the additional purpose of providing funding for needs and expenditures of inmates at the Assumption Parish Detention Center, provided that no more than 1/8 of the revenues of the Tax received in any year may be used for inmate purposes?

A YES vote means

Assumption Parish could also use its existing 1% sales tax revenue, after bond payments, for needs of inmates at the Assumption Parish Detention Center, capped at 1/8 of the tax revenue each year.

A NO vote means

The existing 1% sales tax revenue would stay limited to the purposes already approved, without the added use for detention center inmates.

Needed to pass

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Left–right lean

Not a left–right issue: a procedural or local question that liberals and conservatives don't typically split on (AI read of the official ballot summary).

The YES and NO lines are SpectrumVote's plain-language reading of the official text above; the official text is what you vote on.

Official text: source

Background

Assumption Parish voters approved its existing 1% sales tax at elections in 1968 and 1998. The tax is estimated to raise $3,700,000 a year, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's proposition text.

The proposition would let the parish also spend the revenue, after bond obligations, on inmate needs at the Assumption Parish Detention Center, capped at one-eighth of each year's revenue.

The Assumption Parish Police Jury requested the election. The State Bond Commission's June 18, 2026 agenda (item L26-178) lists it with a second proposition to rededicate and extend a 2.0-mill tax for library and general purposes.

Put on the ballot by Assumption Parish Police Jury; election request on the State Bond Commission's June 18, 2026 agenda (L26-178).

From official source 1, official source 2.

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Also on Assumption Parish ballots

• Assumption Parish — Parishwide Proposition No. 2 of 2 (Millage Extension and Rededication)

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on Assumption Parish mean?

Assumption Parish could also use its existing 1% sales tax revenue, after bond payments, for needs of inmates at the Assumption Parish Detention Center, capped at 1/8 of the tax revenue each year.

What does a NO vote on Assumption Parish mean?

The existing 1% sales tax revenue would stay limited to the purposes already approved, without the added use for detention center inmates.

How many votes does Assumption Parish need to pass?

A simple majority: more than half of the YES and NO votes on this measure must be YES. Leaving it blank doesn't count either way.

Should I vote yes or no on Assumption Parish?

SpectrumVote doesn't endorse anyone or tell you how to vote. Read what a YES and a NO vote each do, and the official text, then decide based on what you want to happen.

When is the vote?

The general election was Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Counts are unofficial until each state certifies its results over the following weeks; your state or county election office has the official results.