SHREVEPORT, La. — Polling places across Shreveport and the rest of Caddo Parish open at 6 a.m. Tuesday, and for the first time some of the people helping voters find their way will be high school students.
A new Louisiana law lets students serve as election workers. Caddo Parish Clerk of Court Mike Spence said the first group comes from the law class at Huntington High and the senior civics class at Loyola College Prep. The students will wear purple shirts that mark them as student election workers.
Their main job is to steer voters through the larger mega-precincts, where several polling locations share one building. Election crews spent Monday dropping off voting machines at sites around the parish and testing them so every location could open on schedule. Voters should bring a valid photo ID.
One of the races on Shreveport ballots is the City Council seat for District E, where three candidates are running. Councilman Alan Jackson, the incumbent, is asking for another term and points to more than 20 businesses he says he helped bring to the district, road work and a police substation for the area. He has said the city needs a bigger tax base and more residents to pay for what his district wants.
Alvin Oliver is campaigning on public safety, cutting crime and blight, water quality worries and the Line Avenue corridor, along with better communication between city departments. Francine Brown wants to invest in existing neighborhoods, restore infrastructure in the historic Cedar Grove area and draw new businesses and local entrepreneurs.
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