RS 4493 - Form of ballot
The ballots used at these general or special elections shall be separate and distinct from all other ballots, and shall have printed thereon, in addition to any other matters required by law, the following propositions:
Proposition No. 1. Shall _____ (Name of town, city or parish) surrender its powers of supervision, regulation and control over _____ (Name of the public utility service, such as, street railway, gas, electric light, power, heat, water works, or other local public utility.)
Should the propositions include the separation of the powers of control so as to surrender control only over certain of the public utilities, then each proposition shall be stated separately.
Opposite and to the right of each proposition to be voted upon, the words "Yes" and "No" shall be printed on the ballot on separate lines with voting squares. Any voter desiring to vote in favor of the surrender of the powers of supervision, regulation, and control of the municipality or parish government over the public utility named thereon, shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "Yes," and any voter desiring to vote against the surrender of such powers shall stamp (X) in the voting square after the printed word "No."