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CONCORDIA PARISH, La. — Concordia Parish, as did the rest of Louisiana, voted down four constitutional amendments during a Saturday election.

These amendments deal with creating special courts to handle specific kinds of cases like business courts; tax reform to lower the state income tax and make permanent teacher raises; allowing the state legislature to decide when certain juveniles under the age of 17 can be charged as adults, and providing the earliest possible special election day to fill judicial vacancies.

Concordia Parish voted similarly with the rest of the State of Louisiana in rejecting all four constitutional amendments presented on the ballot during Saturday’s election.

Just shy of 1,850 people from Concordia Parish voted in the election with an unofficial turnout around 15.1 percent.

Fifty-eight percent voted no to Amendment No. 1: “Do you support an amendment granting the Louisiana Supreme Court jurisdiction to discipline out-of-state lawyers for unethical legal practices in the state of Louisiana, and to grant the legislature the authority to establish trial courts of limited and specialized jurisdiction? (Amends Article V, Sections 5(B), 15(A) and 16(A))”

Fifty-nine percent voted no to Amendment No. 2: “Do you support an amendment to revise Article VII of the Constitution of Louisiana including revisions to lower the maximum rate of income tax, increase income tax deductions for citizens over sixty-five, provide for a government growth limit, modify operation of certain constitutional funds, provide for property tax exemptions retaining the homestead exemption and exemption for religious organizations, provide a permanent teacher salary increase by requiring a surplus payment to teacher retirement debt, and make other modifications? (Amends Article VII, Sections 1 through 28; Adds Article VII, Sections 29 through 42)”

Sixty percent voted no to Amendment No. 3: “Do you support an amendment to provide the legislature the authority to determine which felony crimes, when committed by a person under the age of seventeen, may be transferred for criminal prosecution as an adult? (Amends Article V, Section 19)”

Fifty-eight percent voted no to Amendment No. 4: “Do you support an amendment to provide for the use of the earliest election date to fill judicial vacancies? (Amends Article V, Section 22(B))”

Statewide, with an unofficial voter turnout of approximately 21.3 percent, 65 percent voted no to Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2, 66 percent voted no to Amendment No. 3 and 64 percent voted no to Amendment No. 4.