St. Charles Parish - File #: 2023-0129

• File #: 2023-0129
• Version: 1
• Name: Amend Code, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places, to merge voting precincts
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/22/2023
• In control: Parish Council
• On agenda: 6/5/2023
• Final action: 6/5/2023
• Enactment #: 23-6-6
• Title: An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places, to merge voting precincts.
• Sponsors: Beth A. Billings, Holly Fonseca, La Sandra Darensbourg Gordon, Mary K. Clulee, Dick Gibbs, Nicky Dufrene, Marilyn B. Bellock, Bob Fisher, Julia Fisher-Cormier
• Indexes: Creating Wards, Precincts, Districts, etc., Election, South Central Planning and Dev. Commission
• Related files: 2022-0347, 2023-0218

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2023	1	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
6/5/2023	1	Parish Council	Public Hearing Requirements Satisfied
6/5/2023	1	Parish Council	Approved	Pass
5/22/2023	1	Parish Council	Publish/Scheduled for Public Hearing
5/22/2023	1	Council Member(s)	Introduced

2023-0129
INTRODUCED BY: ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. ___________
Title
An ordinance to amend the St. Charles Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8, Elections, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places, to merge voting precincts.
Body
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; and,
WHEREAS, several small or oddly shaped precincts were created during the creation of the 2022 Redistricting Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the council wishes to reduce the number of small and oddly shaped precincts in order to alleviate strain in staffing the needed number of election commissioners as well as to comply with in Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:532.
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, Section 8-2. Visible Voting Precinct Boundaries and Polling Places is hereby amended by striking the language de...