What does a YES vote on City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) mean?

DeQuincy would continue a 1/2% sales and use tax for 15 years starting August 1, 2027, for public safety, fire protection, criminal justice and public improvements, and could fund it into bonds for capital costs like fire trucks.

What does a NO vote on City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) mean?

DeQuincy would not continue this 1/2% sales and use tax for the 15 years starting August 1, 2027, or issue bonds backed by it.

How many votes does City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) 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 City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal)?

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.

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.

City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) (Calcasieu Parish)

Last updated Sat, Nov 7, 4:33 PM ET

Ballot measure · November 3, 2026 · DeQuincy voters

What it does: Shall the City of DeQuincy, Louisiana (the "City") per Louisiana law continue to levy and collect a sales and use tax of one-half of one percent (1/2%), for a period of 15 years beginning August 1, 2027, with collections estimated at $362,976.24 for one calendar year, upon the sale at retail, use, lease or rental, consumption and storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property and on sales of services within the City, as presently or hereafter defined in La. R.S. 47:301 to 317, inclusive (the "Tax"), with the avails of the Tax (after paying reasonable costs of collecting and administering the Tax) dedicated for constructing, acquiring, operating, maintaining, or improving public safety, fire protection, criminal justice facilities, operations, equipment, and other operating expenses of and works of public improvement within the City, title to which shall be in the public; and, authorization to fund avails of the Tax into bonds in various series at various times, to fund capital costs of the City, including the purchase of fire trucks or other public safety equipment, per Louisiana law?
A YES vote means: DeQuincy would continue a 1/2% sales and use tax for 15 years starting August 1, 2027, for public safety, fire protection, criminal justice and public improvements, and could fund it into bonds for capital costs like fire trucks.
A NO vote means: DeQuincy would not continue this 1/2% sales and use tax for the 15 years starting August 1, 2027, or issue bonds backed by it.
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

This would continue DeQuincy's half-cent sales tax for 15 years starting August 1, 2027, with collections estimated at $362,976.24 a year, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's proposition text.

Proceeds would go to public safety, fire protection and criminal justice facilities, operations and equipment, and the City could issue bonds backed by the tax for capital costs such as fire trucks.

The State Bond Commission's June 18, 2026 agenda lists the election request (item L26-175).

Put on the ballot by City of DeQuincy; election request on the State Bond Commission's June 18, 2026 agenda (L26-175).

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Quick answers

What does a YES vote on City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) mean?: DeQuincy would continue a 1/2% sales and use tax for 15 years starting August 1, 2027, for public safety, fire protection, criminal justice and public improvements, and could fund it into bonds for capital costs like fire trucks.
What does a NO vote on City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) mean?: DeQuincy would not continue this 1/2% sales and use tax for the 15 years starting August 1, 2027, or issue bonds backed by it.
How many votes does City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal) 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 City of DeQuincy Proposition (Sales Tax Renewal)?: 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.

Not sure how to decide? Read our nonpartisan guide to the Calcasieu Parish ballot.

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