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New Orleans area voters will head for the polls today to vote Louisiana's representatives in Congress, the state Public Service Commission, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and dozens of municipal races. There are also several statewide constitutional amendments. Below is a listing of all candidates, amendments and propositions in the New Orleans metro area. Party Affiliations D = Democratic R = Republican NP = No Party L = Libertarian O = Other U.S. Senator "Jamie" Davis, D Julia Letlow, R Constitutional Amendments Amendment 1 To allow the surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran to make a one-time transfer of their extra property tax exemption to another qualifying property. Amendment 2 To allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year's reassessment.

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