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There are five proposed amendments on the ballot Saturday. The first proposed amendment lets the state legislature decide which government jobs are protected civil service jobs and which are political appointments. The second would allow the St. George Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish to operate like a separate parish school system..

Proposed Amendment 3 eliminates several education trust funds and redirects that money to pay down retirement debt and fund teacher pay raises. Amendment 4 allows local parish governments to choose whether to exempt business inventory from property taxes. Amendment 5 raises the mandatory retirement age for judges from 70 to 75.

At the top of the ballot is a hotly contested U.S. Senate Republican primary. This will be the first time in more than 50 years that Louisiana is using a closed-primary system to choose its U.S. senator. Many believe the state legislature changed from the open to closed primary to get rid of incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy. As a moderate Republican, Cassidy might be able to get crossover Democratic votes in an open primary. A closed primary might eliminate him before the general election.

The major candidates challenging Cassidy are Julia Letlow, currently U.S. representative for the 5th District; State Treasurer John Fleming, a former U.S. Representative for the 4th District and former deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump. They are joined by political newcomer and Belle Chasse businessman Mark Spencer.

There is also a Democratic primary. The Democrats running for U.S. Senate are Nick Albares, Gary Crockett and Jamie Davis. None of them has held public office.

This is the first test case of the new system. Politicians and political analysts will be observing the new system to see if it affects the type of candidates who get elected. There is a theory that closed primaries tend to benefit the extremes in a party. If the theory holds, the most conservative Republican would survive the primaries and make it to the general election.

In addition to the statewide U.S. Senate race, Orleans Parish has several judgeships on the ballot.

Stephanie Bridges and Richard Perque are running for judge of Civil District Court, Division M. Sheryl Howard and Elroy James are squaring off for judge of Civil District Court, Division N. John T. Fuller and Andre Gaudin, Jr. are competing for judge of Criminal District Court, Division J.

Whether voters are showing up to support a certain candidate or expressing anger, the most important thing is for everyone eligible to show up and vote.

Multiple people saw a man and young woman arguing this morning outside of the Phoenix for about 30 mins. Multiple people called 911 when he threw her on the ground. One person said they saw him punch her in the back of the head at the intersection of saint Claude & EF (where there are definitely cameras).

Another person who called said he saw them going south on Touro. Hoping somebody can help her bc she looked pretty terrified, and the cops who came seemed to just shrug it off bc he had already taken her to a second location.

Heavy set black male with short hair, wearing dark sweatshirt and dark jeans probably ~ 5'10" and a petite black female probably ~5'5"-5'7" with a bright multicolored jacket with patches of neon pink.

So weird with all these fucking cameras, drones, and multiple witnesses there's no way to help this young lady who seemed to be clearly trying to remain in a visible public place for a reason...