Lawsuit Seeks to Derail March Vote on Louisiana Tax Changes

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s campaign to amend the tax article of the state constitution faces a new obstacle after three residents filed a lawsuit against an upcoming referendum on the constitutional question.

Two Louisiana teachers and a pastor filed suit in East Baton Rouge District Court objecting to ballot language overhauling Article VII of the constitution. The complaint alleges Landry and the Legislature are using a “misleading” question to steamroll more than 100 pages of constitutional revisions, despite requirements that ballot language be “simple, unbiased, concise, and easily understood.”

Contending the “proposed changes have no common thread that would be ...