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2026 ballot measure forecast

Louisiana Amendment 5

Flexibility in paying retirement system debt

Removes the rule that nonrecurring state money must pay a retirement system's oldest unfunded liability first. The forecast has Yes at 64.4 percent against the 50 percent it needs, a 92% chance to pass.

Likely to passConstitutional amendment referred by the legislatureBonds and budgetsUpdated October 17, 2026
Chance to pass
92%
2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
64.4%
80% range 52 to 76
Needs
50%
a simple majority
Polling average
None
No public polls found

County forecast

64 of 64 parishes vote Yes
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Where the Yes vote lands
needs 50
2035506580
History and structure
64.4% Yes
Polls
None
Forecast
64.4% Yes
Yes leans
Neither party
The campaign

Legislative referral; no organized campaign, money or polling reported; PAR Louisiana guide summarizes arguments.

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Polls of the measure

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedYesNoUndecidedYes, adjusted
No public polls of this measure. The forecast rests on how comparable measures have run and how it reached the ballot.
How this is built
Amendment 5 is forecast as a bonds and budgets measure whose Yes vote leans to neither party. Comparable measures from 2018 to 2024 set how far its Yes share moves with Louisiana's partisanship and with each county's 2024 presidential vote, and how it reached the ballot moves it further. Polls then pull the forecast toward them by recency and size, after splitting undecided voters two to one for No. Sources: wafb.com, theballotbrief.com, news.ballotpedia.org. All measures.