9 constitutional amendments to be decided in November
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June 11, 2012 03:29 PM
BATON ROUGE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - In the Louisiana fall elections, voters will be faced with a decision on 9 separate constitutional changes.
The proposed changes came out of the legislative just concluded in Baton Rouge and include provisions having to do with gun rights and pension revocation.
Arguably the most visible of the proposed changes on the November 6th ballot, is the question of stricter gun rights protection. This issue would, if passed, toughen the state's constitutional protections for weapon owners and remove a provision that gives the Legislature explicit authority to limit concealed handguns.
Another would be a decision about whether a judge should be able to strip a public official's retirement benefits if that official was convicted of a felony related to his office.
Other proposals involve property tax breaks for homeowners and businesses.
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