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It is the Super Bowl of elections for those who work the polls.
Like with the Super Bowl, some will have a hard time sleeping the night before and then there are some who are treating it like any other election.
Kenneth Broussard, 70, of Kaplan, is looking forward to working today. Broussard is one of 39 commissioners-in-charge who oversee 55 voting precincts in Vermilion Parish.
“I expect us to be busy so that it won’t be a long day,” said Broussard.
Some political experts are predicting at least 50 percent voter turnout in Vermilion Parish.

BATON ROUGE – Attorney General Jeff Landry today announced the arrest of a now-former Kaplan police officer on multiple child sex charges.
“My Cyber Crime Unit and I are committed to investigating and arresting those who exploit our children, no matter their professions or positions,” said AG Landry. “Crimes against children are some of the most heinous acts imaginable, and they are even more despicable when perpetrated by people in authority who are supposed to be protecting kids.”

Vermilion Parish Public Schools will be letting its hybrid students return to campus, starting next week, announced school superintendent Tommy Byler.
Byler gave the school district’s game-plan to transition back into five-day a week attendance, which is how it was before COVID-19.
In a six-minute video, Byler informed parents and students the transition from a hybrid schedule to a regular schedule would begin next week on Nov. 2.