OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NOVEMBER 04, 2008 x INSTRUCTIONS: TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. x Use only the marking device provided or a black or blue ball point pen. x If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count. x To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, fill in the oval, and write in the candidate's name on the blank line provided for write-in candidate. PRESIDENT AND VICE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE PRESIDENT Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the First PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC DEFENDER District Court of Appeal be retained in office? VICE PRESIDENT 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT YES ( Vote for One ) ( Vote for One ) NO
John McCain REP James Owens REP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Palin Tony Henderson DEM Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the First Barack Obama DEM District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Joe Biden LEGISLATIVE YES Gloria La Riva PSL STATE REPRESENTATIVE NO Eugene Puryear DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ( Vote for One ) Chuck Baldwin CPF Darrell Castle Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First District Brad Drake REP Court of Appeal be retained in office? Gene Amondson PRO John P. "Johnny Mac" McDaniel III DEM YES Leroy Pletten NO COUNTY Bob Barr LBT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Wayne A. Root SHERIFF ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr. of Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ the First District Court of Appeal be retained in Alden Link Michael A. Adkinson Jr. REP office? James Harris SWP Danny H. Griffith DEM YES Alyson Kennedy NO NONPARTISAN Cynthia McKinney GRE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Rosa Clemente JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME DISTRICT 1 ( Vote for One ) Alan Keyes AIP COURT Brian Rohrbough Robert Nelson Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of the Supreme Ralph Nader ECO Court be retained in office? Mildred T. Wilkerson Matt Gonzalez YES CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER Brian Moore SPF NO SOIL AND WATER Stewart Alexander CONSERVATION DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL GROUP 1 Charles Jay BTP ( Vote for One ) John Wayne Smith Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Cathy S. Johnson Write-in YES Rodney J. Ryals NO THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CONGRESSIONAL REGISTERED VOTERS IN PRECINCTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25, Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of the First 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33. REPRESENTATIVE IN District Court of Appeal be retained in office? CONGRESS DISTRICT 1 YES PARTS OF PCTS 3, 6, 14, 17, 21, 23, & 24 ( Vote for One ) NOT IN LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT. NO Jeff Miller REP PARTS OF PCTS 11 & 13 NOT IN SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. James Jim Bryan DEM VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT PROPOSED NO. 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 AMENDMENTS ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28
NO. 1 Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Conserved Land; Classification and ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 Assessment of Land Used for Conservation
Declaration of Rights Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution perpetual conservation easements or other to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to perpetual conservation protections, defined by regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, general law. Requires Legislature to provide for disposition, and possession of real property by classification and assessment of land used for aliens ineligible for citizenship. conservation purposes, and not perpetually YES encumbered, solely on the basis of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, NO limitations, and reasonable definitions established by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning NO. 2 in 2010. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE 1, NEW SECTION YES Florida Marriage Protection Amendment NO This amendment protects marriage as the legal NO. 6 union of only one man and one woman as husband CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT and wife and provides that no other legal union that ARTICLE VII, SECTION 4 is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION thereof shall be valid or recognized. Assessment of Working Waterfront Property The direct financial impact this amendment will Based Upon Current Use have on state and local government revenues and expenditures cannot be determined, but is expected Provides for assessment based upon use of land to be minor. used predominantly for commercial fishing purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters that are navigable and accessible to the public; YES marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing NO facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine NO. 3 vessel construction and repair facilities and their CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 and reasonable definitions specified by general law. ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION YES Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the NO Assessed Value of Residential Real Property NO. 8 Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT prohibit consideration of changes or improvements ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of Local Option Community College Funding renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the property's value for ad valorem Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals to require that the Legislature authorize counties to the existing renewable energy source device levy a local option sales tax to supplement exemption no longer in effect. community college funding; requiring voter approval to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by YES the voters. NO YES NO
THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN PRECINCTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33.
PARTS OF PCTS 3, 6, 14, 17, 21, 23, & 24 NOT IN LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT.
PARTS OF PCTS 11 & 13 NOT IN SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT.
VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NOVEMBER 04, 2008 x INSTRUCTIONS: TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. x Use only the marking device provided or a black or blue ball point pen. x If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count. x To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, fill in the oval, and write in the candidate's name on the blank line provided for write-in candidate. PRESIDENT AND VICE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE PRESIDENT Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the First PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC DEFENDER District Court of Appeal be retained in office? VICE PRESIDENT 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT YES ( Vote for One ) ( Vote for One ) NO
John McCain REP James Owens REP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Palin Tony Henderson DEM Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the First Barack Obama DEM District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Joe Biden LEGISLATIVE YES Gloria La Riva PSL STATE REPRESENTATIVE NO Eugene Puryear DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ( Vote for One ) Chuck Baldwin CPF Darrell Castle Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First District Brad Drake REP Court of Appeal be retained in office? Gene Amondson PRO John P. "Johnny Mac" McDaniel III DEM YES Leroy Pletten NO COUNTY Bob Barr LBT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Wayne A. Root SHERIFF ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr. of Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ the First District Court of Appeal be retained in Alden Link Michael A. Adkinson Jr. REP office? James Harris SWP Danny H. Griffith DEM YES Alyson Kennedy NO NONPARTISAN Cynthia McKinney GRE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Rosa Clemente JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME DISTRICT 1 ( Vote for One ) Alan Keyes AIP COURT Brian Rohrbough Robert Nelson Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of the Supreme Ralph Nader ECO Court be retained in office? Mildred T. Wilkerson Matt Gonzalez YES CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER Brian Moore SPF NO SOIL AND WATER Stewart Alexander CONSERVATION DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL GROUP 1 Charles Jay BTP ( Vote for One ) John Wayne Smith Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Cathy S. Johnson Write-in YES Rodney J. Ryals NO LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL SEAT 2 CONGRESSIONAL ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of the First REPRESENTATIVE IN District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Michael W. Graley CONGRESS DISTRICT 1 YES Dorothy Smith ( Vote for One ) NO THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL Jeff Miller REP REGISTERED VOTERS IN LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT James Jim Bryan DEM WHICH INCLUDES VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT PARTS OF PRECINCTS 3, 6, 14, 17, 21, 23, & 24. LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 4 SEAT 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ( Vote for One ) ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28
John W. Bottoms Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually Wally Hanck Conserved Land; Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation PROPOSED Requires Legislature to provide a property tax CONSTITUTIONAL exemption for real property encumbered by AMENDMENTS perpetual conservation easements or other perpetual conservation protections, defined by NO. 1 general law. Requires Legislature to provide for CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT classification and assessment of land used for ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 conservation purposes, and not perpetually encumbered, solely on the basis of character or Declaration of Rights use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions established Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to in 2010. regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, 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 1, NEW SECTION Assessment of Working Waterfront Property Florida Marriage Protection Amendment Based Upon Current Use
This amendment protects marriage as the legal Provides for assessment based upon use of land union of only one man and one woman as husband used predominantly for commercial fishing and wife and provides that no other legal union that purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent that are navigable and accessible to the public; thereof shall be valid or recognized. marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing The direct financial impact this amendment will facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine have on state and local government revenues and vessel construction and repair facilities and their expenditures cannot be determined, but is expected support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, to be minor. and reasonable definitions specified by general law. YES YES NO
NO NO. 8 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 Local Option Community College Funding ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the to require that the Legislature authorize counties to Assessed Value of Residential Real Property levy a local option sales tax to supplement community college funding; requiring voter approval Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will prohibit consideration of changes or improvements sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by to residential real property which increase the voters. resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in YES assessing the property's value for ad valorem taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals NO the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect.
YES NO
THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN LIBERTY FIRE DISTRICT WHICH INCLUDES PARTS OF PRECINCTS 3, 6, 14, 17, 21, 23, & 24.
VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NOVEMBER 04, 2008 x INSTRUCTIONS: TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. x Use only the marking device provided or a black or blue ball point pen. x If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count. x To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, fill in the oval, and write in the candidate's name on the blank line provided for write-in candidate. PRESIDENT AND VICE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE PRESIDENT Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the First PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC DEFENDER District Court of Appeal be retained in office? VICE PRESIDENT 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT YES ( Vote for One ) ( Vote for One ) NO
John McCain REP James Owens REP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Palin Tony Henderson DEM Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the First Barack Obama DEM District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Joe Biden LEGISLATIVE YES Gloria La Riva PSL STATE REPRESENTATIVE NO Eugene Puryear DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ( Vote for One ) Chuck Baldwin CPF Darrell Castle Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First District Brad Drake REP Court of Appeal be retained in office? Gene Amondson PRO John P. "Johnny Mac" McDaniel III DEM YES Leroy Pletten NO COUNTY Bob Barr LBT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Wayne A. Root SHERIFF ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr. of Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ the First District Court of Appeal be retained in Alden Link Michael A. Adkinson Jr. REP office? James Harris SWP Danny H. Griffith DEM YES Alyson Kennedy NO NONPARTISAN Cynthia McKinney GRE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Rosa Clemente JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME DISTRICT 1 ( Vote for One ) Alan Keyes AIP COURT Brian Rohrbough Robert Nelson Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of the Supreme Ralph Nader ECO Court be retained in office? Mildred T. Wilkerson Matt Gonzalez YES CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER Brian Moore SPF NO SOIL AND WATER Stewart Alexander CONSERVATION DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL GROUP 1 Charles Jay BTP ( Vote for One ) John Wayne Smith Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Cathy S. Johnson Write-in YES Rodney J. Ryals NO SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CONTROL SEAT 1 CONGRESSIONAL ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of the First REPRESENTATIVE IN District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Jerry Crawford CONGRESS DISTRICT 1 YES Ronald A. Faulk ( Vote for One ) NO John J. Magee
Jeff Miller REP THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL James Jim Bryan DEM REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE PARTS OF PRECINCTS 11 & 13 THAT ARE IN VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO NO. 4 CONTROL SEAT 2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ( Vote for One ) ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28
Adrianne Walline Campbell Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually Jim Crawford Conserved Land; Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation PROPOSED Requires Legislature to provide a property tax CONSTITUTIONAL exemption for real property encumbered by AMENDMENTS perpetual conservation easements or other perpetual conservation protections, defined by NO. 1 general law. Requires Legislature to provide for CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT classification and assessment of land used for ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 conservation purposes, and not perpetually encumbered, solely on the basis of character or Declaration of Rights use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, limitations, and reasonable definitions established Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to in 2010. regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, 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 1, NEW SECTION Assessment of Working Waterfront Property Florida Marriage Protection Amendment Based Upon Current Use
This amendment protects marriage as the legal Provides for assessment based upon use of land union of only one man and one woman as husband used predominantly for commercial fishing and wife and provides that no other legal union that purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent that are navigable and accessible to the public; thereof shall be valid or recognized. marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing The direct financial impact this amendment will facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine have on state and local government revenues and vessel construction and repair facilities and their expenditures cannot be determined, but is expected support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, to be minor. and reasonable definitions specified by general law. YES YES NO
NO NO. 8 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 Local Option Community College Funding ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the to require that the Legislature authorize counties to Assessed Value of Residential Real Property levy a local option sales tax to supplement community college funding; requiring voter approval Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will prohibit consideration of changes or improvements sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by to residential real property which increase the voters. resistance to wind damage and installation of renewable energy source devices as factors in YES assessing the property's value for ad valorem taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals NO the existing renewable energy source device exemption no longer in effect.
YES NO
THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE PARTS OF PRECINCTS 11 & 13 THAT ARE IN VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT. OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NOVEMBER 04, 2008 x INSTRUCTIONS: TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. x Use only the marking device provided or a black or blue ball point pen. x If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count. x To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, fill in the oval, and write in the candidate's name on the blank line provided for write-in candidate. PRESIDENT AND VICE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CONGRESSIONAL PRESIDENT Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the First PRESIDENT AND REPRESENTATIVE IN District Court of Appeal be retained in office? VICE PRESIDENT CONGRESS DISTRICT 2 YES ( Vote for One ) ( Vote for One ) NO
John McCain REP Mark Mulligan REP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Palin Allen Boyd DEM Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the First Barack Obama DEM Write-in District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Joe Biden YES STATE Gloria La Riva PSL NO Eugene Puryear PUBLIC DEFENDER DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Chuck Baldwin CPF 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Darrell Castle ( Vote for One ) Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Gene Amondson PRO James Owens REP YES Leroy Pletten Tony Henderson DEM NO Bob Barr LBT DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Wayne A. Root COUNTY Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr. of Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ SHERIFF the First District Court of Appeal be retained in Alden Link ( Vote for One ) office?
James Harris SWP Michael A. Adkinson Jr. REP YES Alyson Kennedy Danny H. Griffith DEM NO Cynthia McKinney GRE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Rosa Clemente NONPARTISAN DISTRICT 1 ( Vote for One ) Alan Keyes AIP JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME Brian Rohrbough COURT Robert Nelson Ralph Nader ECO Mildred T. Wilkerson Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of the Supreme Matt Gonzalez Court be retained in office? CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER Brian Moore SPF YES SOIL AND WATER Stewart Alexander CONSERVATION DISTRICT NO GROUP 1 Charles Jay BTP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL ( Vote for One ) John Wayne Smith Cathy S. Johnson Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of the First District Write-in Court of Appeal be retained in office? Rodney J. Ryals YES SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO NO CONTROL SEAT 1 ( Vote for One ) DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL Jerry Crawford REGISTERED VOTERS IN PRECINCTS Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of the First 15, 18, & 29 AND THE PART OF District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Ronald A. Faulk PRECINCT 34 THAT IS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. YES John J. Magee NO
VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO NO. 3 NO. 8 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONTROL SEAT 2 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 ( Vote for One ) ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION Local Option Community College Funding Adrianne Walline Campbell Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the Proposing an amendment to the State Assessed Value of Residential Real Property Jim Crawford Constitution to require that the Legislature authorize counties to levy a local option sales Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to tax to supplement community college funding; SOUTH WALTON FIRE prohibit consideration of changes or improvements requiring voter approval to levy the tax; DISTRICT SEAT 3 to residential real property which increase providing that approved taxes will sunset after ( Vote for One ) resistance to wind damage and installation of 5 years and may be reauthorized by the renewable energy source devices as factors in voters. assessing the property's value for ad valorem Jack Abbit taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals YES Scott Thurston the existing renewable energy source device NO exemption no longer in effect. SOUTH WALTON FIRE DISTRICT SEAT 5 YES ( Vote for One ) NO
Jon Kazek NO. 4 Ed Wright CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 PROPOSED ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28 CONSTITUTIONAL Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually AMENDMENTS Conserved Land; Classification and Assessment of Land Used for Conservation NO. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Requires Legislature to provide a property tax ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 exemption for real property encumbered by perpetual conservation easements or other Declaration of Rights perpetual conservation protections, defined by general law. Requires Legislature to provide for Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution classification and assessment of land used for to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to conservation purposes, and not perpetually regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, encumbered, solely on the basis of character or disposition, and possession of real property by use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, aliens ineligible for citizenship. limitations, and reasonable definitions established YES by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning in 2010. NO
NO. 2 YES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO ARTICLE 1, NEW SECTION NO. 6 Florida Marriage Protection Amendment CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE VII, SECTION 4 This amendment protects marriage as the legal ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife and provides that no other legal union that Assessment of Working Waterfront Property is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent Based Upon Current Use thereof shall be valid or recognized. Provides for assessment based upon use of land The direct financial impact this amendment will used predominantly for commercial fishing have on state and local government revenues and purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters expenditures cannot be determined, but is expected that are navigable and accessible to the public; to be minor. marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine YES vessel construction and repair facilities and their support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, NO and reasonable definitions specified by general law. YES NO
THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN PRECINCTS 15, 18, & 29 AND THE PART OF PRECINCT 34 THAT IS SOUTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.
VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WALTON COUNTY FLORIDA NOVEMBER 04, 2008 x INSTRUCTIONS: TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. x Use only the marking device provided or a black or blue ball point pen. x If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to ask for a new ballot. If you erase or make other marks, your vote may not count. x To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, fill in the oval, and write in the candidate's name on the blank line provided for write-in candidate. PRESIDENT AND VICE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE PRESIDENT Shall Judge Ricky L. Polston of the First PRESIDENT AND PUBLIC DEFENDER District Court of Appeal be retained in office? VICE PRESIDENT 1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT YES ( Vote for One ) ( Vote for One ) NO
John McCain REP James Owens REP DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Sarah Palin Tony Henderson DEM Shall Judge Clay Roberts of the First District Barack Obama DEM Court of Appeal be retained in office? Joe Biden COUNTY YES Gloria La Riva PSL SHERIFF NO Eugene Puryear ( Vote for One ) DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Chuck Baldwin CPF Michael A. Adkinson Jr. REP Darrell Castle Shall Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr. of Danny H. Griffith DEM the First District Court of Appeal be retained in Gene Amondson PRO office? Leroy Pletten NONPARTISAN YES Bob Barr LBT JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME NO Wayne A. Root COURT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER Thomas Robert Stevens OBJ DISTRICT 1 Shall Justice Charles T. Wells of the Supreme Alden Link ( Vote for One ) Court be retained in office? James Harris SWP YES Robert Nelson Alyson Kennedy NO Mildred T. Wilkerson Cynthia McKinney GRE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER Rosa Clemente SOIL AND WATER Shall Judge Robert T. Benton of the First District CONSERVATION DISTRICT Alan Keyes AIP Court of Appeal be retained in office? GROUP 1 Brian Rohrbough YES ( Vote for One ) Ralph Nader ECO NO Cathy S. Johnson Matt Gonzalez DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Rodney J. Ryals Brian Moore SPF SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO Stewart Alexander Shall Judge Marguerite H. Davis of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? CONTROL SEAT 1 ( Vote for One ) Charles Jay BTP YES John Wayne Smith NO Jerry Crawford
Write-in DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Ronald A. Faulk John J. Magee Shall Judge Joseph Lewis Jr. of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? SOUTH WALTON MOSQUITO CONGRESSIONAL YES CONTROL SEAT 2 ( Vote for One ) REPRESENTATIVE IN NO CONGRESS DISTRICT 1 THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL Adrianne Walline Campbell ( Vote for One ) REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE PART OF Jim Crawford PRECINCT 34 THAT IS NORTH OF Jeff Miller REP THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. James Jim Bryan DEM (BUNKER COMMUNITY) VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT PROPOSED NO. 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 AMENDMENTS ARTICLE XII, SECTION 28
NO. 1 Property Tax Exemption of Perpetually CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Conserved Land; Classification and ARTICLE 1, SECTION 2 Assessment of Land Used for Conservation
Declaration of Rights Requires Legislature to provide a property tax exemption for real property encumbered by Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution perpetual conservation easements or other to delete provisions authorizing the Legislature to perpetual conservation protections, defined by regulate or prohibit the ownership, inheritance, general law. Requires Legislature to provide for disposition, and possession of real property by classification and assessment of land used for aliens ineligible for citizenship. conservation purposes, and not perpetually YES encumbered, solely on the basis of character or use. Subjects assessment benefit to conditions, NO limitations, and reasonable definitions established by general law. Applies to property taxes beginning NO. 2 in 2010. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE 1, NEW SECTION YES Florida Marriage Protection Amendment NO This amendment protects marriage as the legal NO. 6 union of only one man and one woman as husband CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT and wife and provides that no other legal union that ARTICLE VII, SECTION 4 is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION thereof shall be valid or recognized. Assessment of Working Waterfront Property The direct financial impact this amendment will Based Upon Current Use have on state and local government revenues and expenditures cannot be determined, but is expected Provides for assessment based upon use of land to be minor. used predominantly for commercial fishing purposes; land used for vessel launches into waters that are navigable and accessible to the public; YES marinas and drystacks that are open to the public; and water-dependent marine manufacturing NO facilities, commercial fishing facilities, and marine NO. 3 vessel construction and repair facilities and their CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT support activities, subject to conditions, limitations, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 AND 4 and reasonable definitions specified by general law. ARTICLE XII, NEW SECTION YES Changes and Improvements Not Affecting the NO Assessed Value of Residential Real Property NO. 8 Authorizes the Legislature, by general law, to CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT prohibit consideration of changes or improvements ARTICLE VII, SECTION 9 to residential real property which increase resistance to wind damage and installation of Local Option Community College Funding renewable energy source devices as factors in assessing the property's value for ad valorem Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution taxation purposes. Effective upon adoption, repeals to require that the Legislature authorize counties to the existing renewable energy source device levy a local option sales tax to supplement exemption no longer in effect. community college funding; requiring voter approval to levy the tax; providing that approved taxes will sunset after 5 years and may be reauthorized by YES the voters. NO YES NO
THIS BALLOT IS FOR ALL REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE PART OF PRECINCT 34 THAT IS NORTH OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY. (BUNKER COMMUNITY)
VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT