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Louisiana Amendment 3

Prohibits release on bail for defendants who have been convicted of certain offenses against a child. 2026 results by parish, from Louisiana's official results file: Yes 67.8%, No 32.2% statewide.

Statewide

Do you support an amendment to prohibit a defendant from being released on any post-conviction bail if the defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child? (Adds Article I, Section 18(C))

A yes vote
Supports this amendment.
A no vote
Opposes it.
Yes 67.8% No 32.2%

972,152 yes and 461,717 no.

Secretary of State's list

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By parish

64 parishes: Yes has the most votes in 63, No has the most votes in 1. The figures for each parish are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

ParishYesNoVotes
Acadia Parish76.0%24.0%17,517
Allen Parish73.6%26.4%6,456
Ascension Parish69.9%30.1%42,576
Assumption Parish64.1%35.9%6,892
Avoyelles Parish68.0%32.0%11,875
Beauregard Parish82.2%17.8%10,284
Bienville Parish65.5%34.5%4,801
Bossier Parish78.0%22.0%35,212
Caddo Parish68.1%31.9%69,588
Calcasieu Parish72.0%28.0%55,369
Caldwell Parish76.4%23.6%3,092
Cameron Parish80.4%19.6%1,948
Catahoula Parish71.0%29.0%2,980
Claiborne Parish72.3%27.7%4,548
Concordia Parish70.3%29.7%5,391
De Soto Parish69.5%30.5%9,701
East Baton Rouge Parish56.5%43.5%149,457
East Carroll Parish59.3%40.7%1,989
East Feliciana Parish65.1%34.9%7,261
Evangeline Parish67.0%33.0%9,613
Franklin Parish70.3%29.7%5,500
Grant Parish80.4%19.6%6,299
Iberia Parish68.6%31.4%18,914
Iberville Parish59.9%40.1%11,755
Jackson Parish70.1%29.9%5,441
Jefferson Davis Parish76.7%23.3%10,241
Jefferson Parish67.1%32.9%127,206
Lafayette Parish71.3%28.7%78,130
Lafourche Parish76.1%23.9%28,140
LaSalle Parish82.4%17.6%4,281
Lincoln Parish68.9%31.1%13,453
Livingston Parish80.1%19.9%43,156
Madison Parish64.9%35.1%2,872
Morehouse Parish72.9%27.1%6,932
Natchitoches Parish64.1%35.9%11,001
Orleans Parish49.0%51.0%128,386
Ouachita Parish74.0%26.0%45,426
Plaquemines Parish70.2%29.8%7,537
Pointe Coupee Parish66.0%34.0%8,115
Rapides Parish72.6%27.4%36,964
Red River Parish63.5%36.5%2,483
Richland Parish71.4%28.6%5,924
Sabine Parish75.0%25.0%7,636
St. Bernard Parish64.4%35.6%11,202
St. Charles Parish71.0%29.0%18,326
St. Helena Parish61.2%38.8%4,368
St. James Parish57.4%42.6%9,000
St. John the Baptist Parish58.4%41.6%13,932
St. Landry Parish64.1%35.9%25,210
St. Martin Parish69.5%30.5%16,481
St. Mary Parish67.8%32.2%14,575
St. Tammany Parish76.8%23.2%99,718
Tangipahoa Parish72.7%27.3%38,578
Tensas Parish60.8%39.2%1,624
Terrebonne Parish75.9%24.1%27,814
Union Parish77.2%22.8%7,311
Vermilion Parish76.1%23.9%16,869
Vernon Parish81.3%18.7%10,944
Washington Parish65.6%34.4%12,570
Webster Parish71.3%28.7%11,566
West Baton Rouge Parish61.1%38.9%10,001
West Carroll Parish78.3%21.7%2,753
West Feliciana Parish70.4%29.6%4,620
Winn Parish74.2%25.8%4,065

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Louisiana's official results, these figures first read Nov 10, 4:20 AM. Unofficial until certified. Louisiana's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.