2020 Election recommendations

26th October 2020   ·   0 Comments

Early voting began in Louisiana on Friday, October 16, and if ever there was an election where the electorate should run to the polls as fast as possible, it is today — and everyday until early voting ends on October 27. Even if one waits until November 3 to cast a ballot, there should be no excuse for EVERY PERSON to vote this year.

Innocents die in the streets. The nation screams in uproar. “Black Lives Matter” rings out from countless protests, yet the same contemptuous response from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., which dismissed COVID-19 as little more dangerous than the “flu,” ridicules the calls for racial justice with munificent contempt. Yet the country has grown as morally sick as Donald Trump pretended that he was not physically (as recently as a week ago), and the incumbent passes his time at rallies infecting more with his germs — and his ideas.

For four years, America has suffered from a virus of division and hate that has eaten away at our institutions — and the very trust of our citizenry in the future. Voters need to expeditiously go to the polls to launch America onto a new path. A renewal of our basic offices of state must constitute our marching orders. Not only must “We the People” act now to remove and replace our national leadership, it is incumbent upon U.S. to elect thoughtful judges, magistrates, constables, justices of the peace, commissioners, and school board members in Orleans and Jefferson.

We need voices of reason and fresh ideas to assume office next year, and they need your vote to get there. For those reasons, here are the recommendations of The Louisiana Weekly to aide you in your sacred democratic task.

FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTIONS
Presidential Electors:
Joseph R. Biden & Kamala Harris

U.S. Senator: Adrian Perkins

U.S. Representative 1st Congressional District:
Lee Ann Dugas

U.102620S. Representative 2nd Congressional District:
Cedric L. Richmond

Associate Justice Supreme Court, 7th Supreme Court District:
Terri Love

PSC District 1: Eric Skrmetta

ORLEANS PARISH
District Attorney, Criminal District Court: Arthur Hunter

Judge Civil District Court, Division E: Dianne Alexander

Judge Civil District Court, Division F: “Chris” Bruno

Judge Civil District Court, Division G: Robin Giarrusso

Judge Civil District Court, Division I: Lori Jupiter

Judge Civil District Court, Domestic Section 1: Bernadette D’Souza

Judge Criminal District Court, Section A: Laurie A. White

Judge Criminal District Court, Section D: Kimya Holmes

Judge Criminal District Court, Section E: Rhonda Goode-Douglas

Judge Criminal District Court, Section G: Nandi F. Campbell

Judge Criminal District Court, Section K: Marcus DeLarge

Judge Criminal District Court, Section L: Franz Zibilich

Magistrate Magistrate Section, Criminal District Court:
Juana Marine Lombard

Judge Juvenile Court, Section A: Clinton “Clint” Smith

Judge Juvenile Court, Section F: Ranord J. Darensburg

Judge Municipal and Traffic Court Division A: Meghan Garvey

ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
Member of School Board District 1: Patrice Sentino

Member of School Board District 2: Chanel M. Payne

Member of School Board District 3: Olin Parker

Member of School Board District 4: Leslie Ellison

Member of School Board District 5: Antoinette Williams

Member of School Board District 6: Carlos L. Zervigon

Member of School Board District 7: Kayonna Armstrong

JEFFERSON PARISH JUDICIAL RACES
District Judge 24th Judicial District Court, ES 2, Div. B:
“Chris” Cox

District Judge 24th Judicial District Court, ES 2, Div. H:
Donald “Chick” Foret

Judge 2nd Parish Court, Division A: Sharlayne Jackson-Prevost

Justice of the Peace 1st Justice Court: Jerome Matthews Jr.

Justice of the Peace 2nd Justice Court: Mark Spears

Justice of the Peace 7th Justice Court: Michele Peters Holmes

Constable 2nd Justice Court:102620 No Endorsement

Constable 6th Justice Court: Jason Ural

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CA NO. 1 (ACT 447, 2019 – HB 425) – Relating to Declaring There Is No Right to and No Funding of Abortion in the Louisiana Constitution: Vote NO

CA NO. 2 (ACT 368 – HB 360) – Amends Determination of Fair Market Value of Oil or Gas Well: Vote YES

CA NO. 3 (Act 367 – HB 267) – Amends Use of Budget Stabilization Fund: Vote YES

CA NO. 4 (ACT 366 – HB 464) – Limits Expenditure Limit for State General Fund: Vote YES

CA NO. 5 (ACT 370 – SB 272) – Authorizes Cooperative Endeavor Tax Exemptions: Vote YES

CA NO. 6 (ACT 369 – HB 525) – Increases Income Limit for Homestead Exemption Special Assessment Level: Vote YES

CA NO. 7 (ACT 38, 1st ES – SB 12) – Creates Louisiana Unclaimed Property Permanent Trust Fund: Vote YES.

PW Sports Wagering – Authorize Sports Wagering Activities – Act 215, 2020: Vote YES

This article originally published in the October 26, 2020 print edition of The Louisiana Weekly newspaper.