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Amendment Elections Show Surprising Results, PAR Says
Louisiana voters approved three of the seven constitutional amendments on the Nov. 4 ballot. The three new amendments will impose term limits for certain board and commission members, require extra notice in advance of a special session and allow temporary successors to be appointed for legislators deployed to active military duty.
PAR Says Merit Selection of Judges Should Be Considered
Serious consideration should be given this legislative session to moving the state away from its current method of electing judges toward a merit-based system for selecting judges at the district court level and above. New data on judicial campaign finance and election results through the 2002 elections confirm past findings. PAR consistently finds troubling results […]
The Politics of Reform, PAR: 50 Years of Changing Louisiana
In The Politics of Reform, author and journalist John Maginnis traces a half century of PAR’s central role in major issues of our times–desegregation, public corruption, the new constitution, reapportionment, campaign finance and fiscal reform.
Merit Selection and Retention Elections for Judges; Legislative Bulletin, Vol. 43, No. 2
Currently, the state constitution requires that all judges be elected. When elections are uncontested, the candidate is declared the winner without ever appearing on the ballot. A 1996 study examined all Louisiana judicial elections at the district court level and above from 1990 to 1994.
Judicial Campaign Financing and Merit Selection; PAR Analysis 292
Louisiana should adopt merit selection for judges. This recommendation follows a year-long study by PAR that examined all judicial elections at the district court level and above from 1990 to 1994 and closely analyzed individual contributions for four selected races.
1996 Special Legislative Session; PAR Analysis 290
A number of major PAR reform recommendations were enacted in the governor’s first special session. These include: the creation of a strong, independent single ethics board; computerization of campaign finance records; and a ban on campaign contributions by gambling interests.