Louisiana, Amendment 2
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Landry had pushed hard for Amendment 2 in particular. But voters across the state resoundingly rejected all of the changes.
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“It was a collective middle finger to the governor,” said Ed Chervenak, a veteran pollster and political analyst at the University of New Orleans.
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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Donald Trump Jr., rapper 50 Cent and other MAGA-aligned figures suffered a big loss Saturday when voters in the Bayou State rejected various amendments to the state constitution.
Gov. Jeff Landry is crisscrossing Louisiana, running an advertising campaign and appearing on talk radio shows to get voters to approve the next big item on his agenda: a tax overhaul on the March 29 statewide ballot known as Amendment 2.
The governor spent the past several weeks campaigning in favor of Amendment 2, a sprawling revision of the section of the constitution that deals with state taxes and budgeting.
Amendment 2 of the four amendment proposals deals with overhauls to the budget and tax allowances and limitations.
Gov. Jeff Landry brought his case for Amendment 2 to Baton Rouge Wednesday with a wide-ranging speech to the rotary club.
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State lawmakers say this week that they are already working on drafts of constitutional amendments to put on the ballot after voters rejected the proposals over the weekend, Louisiana Illuminator reports.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A lawsuit hoping to knock an expansive tax reform measure off the March 29 ballot was dismissed by the Louisiana Supreme Court late Tuesday (March 18).
Donald Trump's third term comments have been quickly countered by the 22nd Amendment. One other president in U.S. history has exceeded 2 terms, FDR.
Some online questioned why he chose a day before voters in the state were to adopt or deny significant changes to the constitution to announce his support for the amendment.