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This sample ballot contains all of the major political party candidates, nonpartisan candidates, and issues in the Primary Election. Only races in the districts in which you live will appear on your ballot. Three ballots will be provided to each voter, one for each major political party and a ballot with only nonpartisan races and issues. Partisan ballots will also include the nonpartisan races and ballot issues. Major political parties are the Democratic and Republican parties. Nonpartisan means any offi ce without a party label. You must CHOOSE, VOTE, and RETURN only one ballot. No record will be made of the ballot you choose. If you choose a partisan ballot, you may vote for all nonpartisan races and ballot issues on that ballot, as REMEMBER well as for candidates of the party you selected. If you VOTE AND RETURN ONE BALLOT ONLY select the nonpartisan ballot, you may only vote the Return only your one voted ballot and discard the nonpartisan races and issues. You may only vote one ballot. Destroy and discard the remaining two. remaining two. To cast a write-in vote, write the candidate’s Follow the instructions on your security envelope. complete name and party, if applicable, on the line Signatures, stray marks, or comments written on the provided for that offi ce, and fi ll in the bubble to the left ballot could invalidate your ballot. of the write-in line. Write-in votes cast for candidates of a political party other than the party whose ballot You may request a replacement ballot by you have chosen will not be counted. Write-in votes for contacting the Thurston County Auditor’s Offi ce nonpartisan races do not require a party designation. at (360) 786-5408.

What To Do If You Make How To Mark Your Ballot A Mistake To vote, completely fi ll in the bubble to the left of your desired candidate or response. Mark an “X” through the incorrectly marked Use a dark ink pen. bubble and fi ll in the bubble to the left Do not use a pencil or gel pen. of the correct candidate or response. Do not erase any selection made in error.

Primary Election - September 19, 2006 +5 Democratic Sample Ballot If you choose not to select a party ballot you may only vote the nonpartisan ballot listed on page 8. Federal Thurston County (cont.) County Judicial U.S. Senator County Clerk Superior Court Judge 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION NO. 8 Michael Goodspaceguy Nelson Democrat Betty J. Gould Democrat Short + 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Mike The Mover Democrat County Commissioner, District No. 3 Joe Sloan Nonpartisan Mohammad H. Said Democrat 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Jim Powers Nonpartisan Hong Tran Democrat Dan Venable Democrat Charles Williams Nonpartisan Maria Cantwell Democrat Bob Macleod Democrat Anne Hirsch Nonpartisan U.S. Representative, District No. 3 County Coroner Fire Protection District No. 4 - Rainier 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT Brian Baird Democrat Gary Warnock Democrat The Board of Fire Commissioners of Thurston County Fire Protection District No. 4 adopted U.S. Representative, District No. 9 County Prosecuting Attorney Resolution No. 2006-4, concerning a proposi- 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE tion to increase the regular property tax rate. This proposition would authorize the District DEMOCRATIC PARTY DEMOCRATIC Adam Smith Democrat Ed Holm Democrat to increase its regular property tax levy rate to $1.50 per one thousand dollars of assessed State Legislative County Sheriff value to be levied in 2006 and collected in Legislative District No. 2, State Representative 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 2007 as provided in Resolution No. 2006-4. POSITION NO. 1 Daniel D. Kimball Democrat Should this proposition be: 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE County Treasurer Approved Jean Marie Christenson Democrat 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Rejected POSITION NO. 2 Shawn Myers Democrat Yelm Fire District 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Robin L. Hunt Democrat Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT Max J. Heller III Democrat Precinct Committee Offi cer (PCO) The Board of Fire Commissioners of Yelm Fire Jeff Stephan Democrat District adopted Resolution No. 145, con- 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE cerning a proposition to increase the regular Rick E. Payne Democrat Candidates from each of the two major property tax rate. This proposition would political parties have fi led in most of Thurston authorize the District to increase its regular Legislative District No. 20, State Representative County’s precincts. Only candidates within property tax levy rate to $1.50 per one thou- POSITION NO. 1 your precinct, from the party you’ve selected, sand dollars of assessed value to be levied in 2006 and collected in 2007 as provided in 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE will appear on your ballot. Please refer to our website at www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor, Resolution No. 145. Mike Rechner Democrat or call us at (360) 786-5408 for a complete Should this proposition be: list of all candidates for PCO. POSITION NO. 2 Approved 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Rejected No One Filed Democrat Legislative District No. 22, State Representative Nonpartisan POSITION NO. 1 BALLOTS SHOULD 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE State Judicial B E G I N A R R I V I N G . . . Brendan W. Williams Democrat Supreme Court Justice POSITION NO. 2 POSITION NO. 2 Descriptors added to distinguish candidates August 31, 2006. 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE with the same last name. All candidates for this offi ce are attorneys, as required by law. Sam Hunt Democrat If you have not 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Legislative District No. 35, Senator received your ballot by Michael Johnson, Attorney Nonpartisan 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE September 8, please Stephen Johnson, Attorney/ Nonpartisan Kyle Taylor Lucas Democrat contact us at (360) State Senator 786-5408 to have a Tim Sheldon Democrat Richard Smith Nonpartisan replacement ballot Legislative District No. 35, State Representative Norman J. Ericson Nonpartisan sent to you. POSITION NO. 1 Susan Owens Nonpartisan Remember, returned 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION NO. 8 ballots must be Kathy Haigh Democrat 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE postmarked by POSITION NO. 2 John Groen Nonpartisan election day, September 19, 2006. 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Gerry L. Alexander Nonpartisan William “Ike” Eickmeyer Democrat Depositing your ballot POSITION NO. 9 in a blue postal mail 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Thurston County box on election day County Assessor Jeanette Burrage Nonpartisan does not guarantee 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Tom Chambers Nonpartisan a valid postmark regardless of pick-up Patricia Costello Democrat Judicial Court of Appeals, Division 2, District No. 2 times. Ballots can also County Auditor POSITION NO. 2 be dropped off at one 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE of the locations listed No One Filed Democrat David H. Armstrong Nonpartisan on page 20.

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If you choose not to select a party ballot you may only vote the nonpartisan ballot listed on page 8. PARTY REPUBLICAN Federal Thurston County (cont.) County Judicial U.S. Senator County Clerk Superior Court Judge 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION NO. 8 Mike McGavick Republican No One Filed Republican Short + 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Brad Klippert Republican County Commissioner, District No. 3 Joe Sloan Nonpartisan William Edward Chovil Republican 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Jim Powers Nonpartisan Gordon Allen Pross Republican Kevin O’Sullivan Republican Charles Williams Nonpartisan Warren E. Hanson Republican County Coroner Anne Hirsch Nonpartisan B. Barry Massoudi Republican 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Fire Protection District No. 4 - Rainier U.S. Representative, District No. 3 Terry L. Harper Republican Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE County Prosecuting Attorney The Board of Fire Commissioners of Thurston Michael Messmore Republican County Fire Protection District No. 4 adopted 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Resolution No. 2006-4, concerning a proposi- Daniel R. Miller Republican No One Filed Republican tion to increase the regular property tax rate. This proposition would authorize the District U.S. Representative, District No. 9 County Sheriff to increase its regular property tax levy rate 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE to $1.50 per one thousand dollars of assessed value to be levied in 2006 and collected in Steven C. Cofchin Republican Howard P. Thronson Republican 2007 as provided in Resolution No. 2006-4. State Legislative County Treasurer Should this proposition be: Approved Legislative District No. 2, State Representative 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Rejected POSITION NO. 1 No One Filed Republican 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Precinct Committee Offi cer (PCO) Yelm Fire District Jim McCune Republican 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT POSITION NO. 2 Candidates from each of the two major The Board of Fire Commissioners of Yelm Fire District adopted Resolution No. 145, con- 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE political parties have fi led in most of Thurston County’s precincts. Only candidates within cerning a proposition to increase the regular Tom Campbell Republican your precinct, from the party you’ve selected, property tax rate. This proposition would will appear on your ballot. Please refer to our authorize the District to increase its regular Legislative District No. 20, State Representative website at www.co.thurston.wa.us/auditor, property tax levy rate to $1.50 per one thou- POSITION NO. 1 or call us at (360) 786-5408 for a complete sand dollars of assessed value to be levied in list of all candidates for PCO. 2006 and collected in 2007 as provided in 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Resolution No. 145. Richard DeBolt Republican Should this proposition be: POSITION NO. 2 Approved 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Rejected Gary C. Alexander Republican Nonpartisan Legislative District No. 22, State Representative State Judicial POSITION NO. 1 Supreme Court Justice 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION NO. 2 Do You Need No One Filed Republican Descriptors added to distinguish candidates with the same last name. All candidates for A Replacement POSITION NO. 2 this offi ce are attorneys, as required by law. 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Ballot? Kevin Bonagofski Republican Michael Johnson, Attorney Nonpartisan Legislative District No. 35, Senator Stephen Johnson, Attorney/ Nonpartisan State Senator 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Richard Smith Nonpartisan Mark E. Shattuck Republican Norman J. Ericson Nonpartisan Legislative District No. 35, State Representative Susan Owens Nonpartisan POSITION NO. 1 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION NO. 8 Marco Brown Republican 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE John Groen Nonpartisan POSITION NO. 2 If you do not Gerry L. Alexander Nonpartisan 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE receive your ballot Randy Neatherlin Republican POSITION NO. 9 by September 8, Thurston County 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE or if you need County Assessor Jeanette Burrage Nonpartisan 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Tom Chambers Nonpartisan a replacement Tom Crowson Republican Judicial Court of Appeals, Division 2, District No. 2 ballot, contact the County Auditor POSITION NO. 2 Thurston County 4 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE Auditor’s Offi ce Kim Wyman Republican David H. Armstrong Nonpartisan at (360) 786-5408.

Primary Election - September 19, 2006 +7 Sample Ballot

State Judicial Supreme Court Justice POSITION NO. 2 Descriptors added to distinguish candidates with the same last name. All candidates for this offi ce are attorneys, as required by law. 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS Michael Johnson, Attorney Nonpartisan Stephen Johnson, Attorney/ Nonpartisan State Senator Legislative District Offices Richard Smith Nonpartisan NONPARTISAN There are 49 legislative districts in the State of Norman J. Ericson Nonpartisan Washington. Each legislative district has two Susan Owens Nonpartisan representative positions and one senate position. The districts are drawn so that they are approximately equal POSITION NO. 8 in population. 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE The State Legislature is directly involved in all aspects John Groen Nonpartisan of state government and in many aspects of county Gerry L. Alexander Nonpartisan and city governments. It is the governmental body that writes the laws of our state, develops a state budget, POSITION NO. 9 and has oversight of state agencies. 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE • In Thurston County, candidates for the House Jeanette Burrage Nonpartisan of Representatives are elected in four separate Tom Chambers Nonpartisan districts (2nd, 20th, 22nd, and 35th), and candidates for the Senate are running in one Judicial Court of Appeals, Division 2, District No. 2 district (35th). POSITION NO. 2 • Only registered voters within the district may vote 6 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE on district races. See the maps on page 4 to fi nd David H. Armstrong Nonpartisan your legislative district. County Judicial Superior Court Judge Assessor POSITION NO. 8 The assessor’s primary duty is to determine, annually, Short + 2 Year Term VOTE FOR ONE the fair market value of all real and personal property Joe Sloan Nonpartisan for use as the basis upon which to calculate property Jim Powers Nonpartisan taxes. State law requires that real property be inspected once every six years. For each year between physical Charles Williams Nonpartisan inspections, property values are adjusted using Anne Hirsch Nonpartisan appropriate statistical data. Personal property listings are provided each year by business owners for use in Fire Protection District No. 4 - Rainier determining personal property values. The assessor Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT is also responsible for property value exemption and The Board of Fire Commissioners of Thurston reduction programs. County Fire Protection District No. 4 adopted Resolution No. 2006-4, concerning a proposi- The amount of tax levied against the assessed property tion to increase the regular property tax rate. value is determined by a combination of factors This proposition would authorize the District including the State Constitution, the State Legislature, to increase its regular property tax levy rate budgetary decisions by the county and other taxing to $1.50 per one thousand dollars of assessed value to be levied in 2006 and collected in jurisdictions, such as cities, schools, and fi re districts, 2007 as provided in Resolution No. 2006-4. and by voter approved special levies. Should this proposition be: Approved Auditor Rejected The auditor is the chief fi nancial offi cer in respect Yelm Fire District to expenditures, auditing all expenditures, accounts Proposition No. 1 LEVY LID LIFT payable, and payroll. Other fi nancial duties include The Board of Fire Commissioners of Yelm Fire conducting internal fi scal and performance audits, and District adopted Resolution No. 145, con- preparing annual fi nancial reports. As the chief elections cerning a proposition to increase the regular offi cer, the auditor is responsible for conducting all property tax rate. This proposition would elections, registering all voters, and providing voter authorize the District to increase its regular information, including the local voters’ pamphlets. The property tax levy rate to $1.50 per one thou- sand dollars of assessed value to be levied in auditor’s duties as the licensing agent include issuing 2006 and collected in 2007 as provided in vehicle, vessel, marriage, business, and animal licenses. Resolution No. 145. The auditor also contracts with eight private businesses Should this proposition be: throughout the county for vehicle and vessel licensing. Approved Finally, the auditor is the county recorder, maintaining a record of all real estate contracts, deeds, mortgages, Rejected surveys, liens, and other documents from 1852 to the present.

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