Every voter in St. Charles Parish will decide two property tax questions on the November 3, 2026 ballot, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's parish election listing. Both are parish-wide, meaning they apply to every voter in St. Charles Parish rather than a single district, and both would run for 10 years if approved.

The first, listed as Proposition 1 of 2, is a 2.68 mill renewal for Recreation. A mill is one dollar of tax for every one thousand dollars of a property's assessed value. Because it is a renewal, the tax already exists and voters are being asked whether to continue it, not whether to create a new one.

The second, Proposition 2 of 2, is a 1.25 mill tax for the Council on Aging. The Secretary of State's listing describes it as "in lieu," but the parish council's own resolution calls it the levy of a special tax, different wording from the renewal language used for the recreation item.

The St. Charles Parish Council called the election by resolution at its meeting on April 20, 2026. The notice for that meeting describes the resolution as ordering and calling a special election to authorize the renewal of a special tax for Recreation and the levy of a special tax for the Council on Aging.

What is not yet known is what the Council on Aging tax replaces, if anything, or exactly what either tax pays for beyond the general purposes named in the ballot titles. The full text of both propositions as they will appear in front of voters has not been published, and the official sample ballot is not yet available.

Readers looking for the exact wording of each proposition can check the parish's April 20, 2026 agenda packet or wait for the state to publish the sample ballot ahead of the November election.