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Ouachita Parish Police Jury adopts ordinance redrawing four voting precincts
Summary
The Police Jury adopted Ordinance No. 9520 to amend precinct boundaries for Precincts 1, 1A, 2 and 4 to align lines with visible features following town annexations; the change is effective June 17, 2025 and passed by roll call vote.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury adopted Ordinance No. 9520 on June 16, 2025, revising the boundaries of Precincts 1, 1A, 2 and 4 so precinct lines align with visible, on-the-ground features. Juror Larry Bratton, District C, offered the ordinance, which the jury adopted by roll call: Yeas (5), Nays (0), Abstain (0), Absent (1). The ordinance states the changes are required to comply with La. R.S. 18:532(B)(1) after annexations enlarged town boundaries in the area of Sterlington.
The ordinance text specifies new boundary descriptions for each affected precinct using highways, creeks and railroad lines as reference points and declares the ordinance effective June 17, 2025. The change does not alter the boundary of any legislative, Public Service Commission, BESE Board, state, federal or other local governing authority voting district, according to the ordinance language presented to the jury.
Bratton presented the ordinance language and the jury approved it in a recorded roll-call vote. The action formalizes precinct lines ahead of future elections and addresses statutory direction that precinct boundaries coincide with "visible features readily distinguishable on the ground."
