New voter ID cards reflect changes to some local districts

With all government entities across the parish finished with their reapportionment plans, the Secretary of State has mandated the St. Mary Parish Council to consolidate and merge as many small precincts as possible to cut down on election costs in the parish, and in return, statewide.
St. Mary Parish Registrar of Voters Jolene Holcombe said that the parish council has been able to merge several very small precincts, thereby reducing the number of precincts from 54 to 51, parish wide.
On the west end of the parish Precincts 5 and 6 have been merged into one precinct, Precinct 6, which will be voting at Raintree Elementary School.
Precinct 6 voters were already voting at Raintree Elementary; but now the voters from the old Precinct 5 will be moved into Precinct 6 and will be getting new voter identification cards, Holcombe said.
Precincts 6A and 7 have been merged into one precinct, Precinct 7. All voters in this precinct will still be voting at Raintree Elementary. The voters in the old Precinct 6 will be getting new ID cards indicating their new precinct number.
On the east end of the parish Precincts 40 and 41A were merged, but then re-divided into two precincts, each with over 500 voters. Precinct 40 will vote at Morgan City Junior High School and Precinct 41A will vote at Pharr Chapel Methodist Church Hall.
Any voter in these two precincts whose precinct number and/or polling location changed will be receiving a new ID card.
Also in Morgan City, Precincts 42A and 45 were merged into one precinct, Precinct 45, which will be voting at the St. Mary AARP Senior Center. All voters in the old Precinct 42A will be getting new ID cards with their new precinct number and polling location.
All changes have already been made by the Registrar of Voters Office and new voter identification cards will be going out this week. Any voter in the above precincts who has not received a voter ID card within the next two weeks can call the Registrar of Voters Office at (337) 828-4100, ext. 360 or (985) 384-8638.
Qualifying for the Nov. 4 election will be held Aug. 20-22. Scheduled to be on the ballot for Nov. 4 are:
U. S. Senator; U. S. Representative; Court of Appeal Judge, 1st Circuit, 2nd District, Div. C; District Judges, 16th Judicial District; District Attorney, 16th Judicial District; School Board members in all districts; Justices of the Peace, all wards; Constables, all wards.
Also on the ballot:
Town of Baldwin:
Mayor, Chief of Police, Aldermen
Town of Berwick:
Mayor, Councilmen
City of Franklin:
City Court Judge, City Court Marshal
City of Morgan City
City Court Judge
City Court Marshal
City of Patterson
Mayor, Chief of Police, Council Members
Also, there are 14 proposed constitutional amendments and four proposed St. Mary Parish charter amendments.