Louisiana voters overwhelmingly reject four amendments backed by Republican governor

Nearly two-thirds of voters in Louisiana rejected all four proposed constitutional amendments backed by Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA).

The rejection of the four amendments means the state’s tax, legal, and judicial systems will remain unchanged. A campaign against the amendments, called “No to Them All, Ya’ll,” issued a statement calling the results “a resounding message that the agenda behind these amendments never had a mandate and that voters are sick of being lied to.”

“The defeat of the amendments is a blow to Gov. Jeff Landry,” the statement said. 

Landry had campaigned in support of all four amendments. He blamed the loss on “far left liberals” and “propaganda and outright lies about Amendment 2,” a measure that would have lowered the maximum income tax rate that

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