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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT CALHOUN COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 4, 2008

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PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT CONGRESSIONAL NONPARTISAN

PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME (Vote for One) DISTRICT 2 COURT (Vote for One) John McCain REP Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of Mark Mulligan REP the Supreme Court be retained in office? DEM Allen Boyd DEM Write-in YES PSL NO STATE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CPF STATE ATTORNEY Darrell Castle 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of (Vote for One) Gene Amondson PRO the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Leroy Pletten Steve Meadows REP LBT Glenn Hess DEM YES Wayne A. Root NO COUNTY Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF Alden Link APPEAL CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Vote for One) James Harris SWP Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of Willie D. Wise REP the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Cynthia McKinney GRE Ruth W. Attaway DEM SHERIFF YES AIP (Vote for One) NO Brian Rohrbough David L. Tatum DEM FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF ECO Michael "Mike" Carpenter NPA APPEAL Wm. G. "Buddy" Smith NPA Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of Brian Moore SPF TAX COLLECTOR the First District Court of Appeal (Vote for One) be retained in office? Charles Jay BTP Ken "Shep" Sheppard REP YES John WayneSAMPLE Smith Becky Trickey Smith DEM NO SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF (Vote for One) APPEAL Write-in Mary Sue Neves DEM Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the Jimmy "Jim" Marshall NPA First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Tommy McClellan NPA BALLOTYES SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS (Vote for One) NO Roy Pickron REP Margie Laramore DEM

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FRONT Card 4 RptPct 12 "12 Scout House" FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF NO. 3 NO. 8 APPEAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 3 AND 4 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First Local Option Community College District Court of Appeal be retained in Changes and Improvements Not Funding office? Affecting the Assessed Value of Residential Real Property Proposing an amendment to the State YES Constitution to require that the Authorizes the Legislature, by general Legislature authorize counties to levy NO law, to prohibit consideration of changes a local option sales tax to supplement or improvements to residential real community college funding; requiring FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF property which increase resistance to voter approval to levy the tax; wind damage and installation of providing that approved taxes will APPEAL renewable energy source devices as sunset after 5 years and may be factors in assessing the property's value reauthorized by the voters. Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick for ad valorem taxation purposes. Jr. of the First District Court of Appeal Effective upon adoption, repeals the YES be retained in office? existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect. NO YES YES NO NO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER NO. 4 DISTRICT 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (Vote for One) ARTICLE VII, SECTIONS 3 AND 4 ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28

Thaddeus J. Simmons Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually Conserved Land; Classification and Kenneth F. Speights Assessment of Land Used for Conservation PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by perpetual conservation NO. 1 easements or other perpetual CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT conservation protections, defined by ARTICLE I, SECTION 2 general law. Requires Legislature to provide for classification and assessment Declaration of Rights of land used for conservation purposes, and not perpetually encumbered, solely Proposing an amendment to the State on the basis of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, Constitution to delete provisions limitations, and reasonable definitions authorizing the Legislature to regulate or established by general law. Applies to prohibit the ownership, inheritance, property taxes beginning in 2010. disposition, and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship. YES YES NO NO NO. 6 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION ARTICLE I, NEW SECTION Assessment of Working Waterfront Florida Marriage Protection Property Based Upon Current Use Amendment Provides for assessment based upon use This amendment protects marriage as the of land used predominantly for legal union of only one man and one commercial fishing purposes; land used woman as husband and wife and provides for vessel launches into waters that are that no other legalSAMPLE union that is treated as navigable and accessible to the public; marriage or the substantial equivalent marinas and drystacks that are open to thereof shall be valid or recognized. the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing facilities, commercial The direct financial impact this fishing facilities, and marine vessel amendment will have on state and local construction and repair facilities and their government revenues and expenditures support activities, subject to conditions, cannot be determined, but is expected to limitations, and reasonable definitions be minor. specified by general law. YES BALLOTYES NO NO

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