2022-0347
INTRODUCED BY: ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
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An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, by adding Section 8-2 for Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places.
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WHEREAS, as specified in Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:532 the Saint Charles Parish Council is required to establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries, and designate the precinct; and,
WHEREAS, each precinct shall be a contiguous, compact area having clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries coinciding with visible features readily distinguishable on the ground and approved extension of such features, such as designated highways, roads, streets, rivers, or canals, and depicted on United States Bureau of the Census base maps, except where the precinct boundary is coterminous with the boundary of a parish.
THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. Should any section, part or provision of this Ordinance be declared by any court to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION II. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or incompatible with the provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. That the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, is hereby amended by adding Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places as follows:
Sec. 8-2 Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places.
In accordance with Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:532, the following voting precincts and polling places are hereby established:
Precinct 1-1.
The region bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the Saint Charles/Saint John the Baptist Parish boundary and the center flow c...
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