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WE the People Louisiana crest - MAY 16 2026
A Broadside from the Citizens of Louisiana
WE the People
Five constitutional amendments. Five reasons to vote NO. One remedy that ties them together.
Register to Vote → Deadline · April 25
— until Election Day
The Five Amendments

Click on any number to read the case.

Each amendment has its own campaign site with a full analysis, five white papers, a media packet, and a pledge to vote NO.

1
#WhosYourDaddyAmendment
Amendment 1 · Civil Service
The Power Grab
Lets politicians add or remove state civil-service positions by simple legislative majority, stripping protections that insulate career state employees from partisan control.
Read the case →
2
#OneEBRorNone
Amendment 2 · St. George Schools
Resource Extraction
Grants the proposed St. George school system the same constitutional authority as an established parish system. Wealth exits East Baton Rouge. Poverty concentrates in the district left behind.
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3
#RobbingPeterToPayPaul
Amendment 3 · Teacher Pay
Fiscal Illusion
Liquidates $2 billion in education trust funds to pay down teacher-retirement debt and fund a one-time raise. A permanent cost paid with a one-time source. A fiscal cliff by design.
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4
#RepackagedFailure
Amendment 4 · Inventory Tax
Tax Shift
Lets parishes eliminate the property tax on business inventory. The corporations save. Homeowners, renters, schools, and sheriffs absorb the loss. Voters rejected this 65–35 in March 2025. Repackaged.
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5
#RetireTheJudges
Amendment 5 · Judicial Retirement
Entrenchment
Raises judicial retirement age from 70 to 75. With the term-completion clause, some judges would serve to 84. Voters rejected this in 1995 and in 62 of 64 parishes in 2014. Third time asked.
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#LetThePeopleDecide
The Series Capstone
The Right of Citizen Initiative
The structural answer to all five amendments. 26 other states have it. Louisiana does not. Sign the petition to change that — statewide and by parish.
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The Series Capstone

Allow citizen initiative — statewide and by parish.

The five amendments on the May 16 ballot share one structural feature: each was placed there by legislators, on terms legislators set, at a time legislators chose. Louisiana voters can only say yes or no. They cannot counter-propose. They cannot prevent the re-asking of rejected questions — as Amendment 4 and Amendment 5 both demonstrate. Twenty-six other states have citizen-initiative authority that solves this problem. Louisiana does not. We are working to change that.

Sign the Citizen Initiative Petition

The petition appears at the bottom of every site in this series. Signing on one site signs for all. Carry the work forward past May 16.

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Important Dates & Links

What to do before May 16.

⚠ Online Registration — Final Deadline Saturday, April 25, 2026. Register now at sos.la.gov/voter → Takes 5 minutes. Louisiana ID required.
Early Voting May 2–9, 2026 (excluding Sunday May 3). 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. at your parish Registrar of Voters.
Absentee Ballot Request deadline: May 12, 4:30 p.m. voterportal.sos.la.gov
Election Day Saturday, May 16, 2026. Polls open 7 a.m.–8 p.m. Find your polling place at voterportal.sos.la.gov.
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Read the Amendments SoS official PDF · PAR nonpartisan guide