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🗳 Find out how to cast your vote. 📜 Learn about the candidates and races, proposed amendments.

Your one-stop shop for voter and candidate information for the 2023 primary ballot in Lafayette Parish.

🗳 Find out how to cast your vote and what districts you’re in. 📜 Learn about the candidates and races, proposed amendments.

How does the Budget work? Budgets account for revenues and expenses. Revenue comes from property taxes, sales taxes, state and federal grants, utility bills, various fines, charges and more. Expenses fall into one of three categories: personnel (salaries and benefits), professional services (contracts and contractors) and capital outlay (like infrastructure, public facilities, equipment). Each department…

Who represents your voice? That’s the essential question at the heart of redistricting. This year, Lafayette’s councils will create new maps outlining five city districts and five parish districts. Redistricting 101 What is redistricting? Redistricting is process of drawing political boundaries to establish representation. Why are we redrawing districts? The “one-person, one-vote” principle in federal…