Precinct Official's Initials OFFICIAL BALLOT County Auditor & Commissioner of Elections GENERAL ELECTION MARION COUNTY, IOWA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 KNOXVILLE ONE
INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS To vote, darken the oval(s) completely next to your choice, like this: . Write-In: To vote for a write-in candidate, write the person's name on the line provided and darken the oval.
Where to find the judges and proposed FEDERAL OFFICES STATE OFFICES amendment to the Iowa Constitution: Judges: on the back of this ballot, beginning in the center column. For President and Vice President For State Senator Constitutional Amendment: on the back of (Vote for no more than one team) District 36 this ballot, beginning in the right hand column. (Vote for no more than one) Barack Obama, of Illinois (DEM) Joe Biden, of Delaware Deb Ballalatak (DEM)
PARTISAN OFFICES John McCain, of Arizona (REP) Paul McKinley (REP) Sarah Palin, of Alaska STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING (Write-in vote, if any) Chuck Baldwin, of Florida (CON) For State Representative Straight party voting. To vote for all Darrell L. Castle, of Tennessee District 71 candidates from a single party, fill in the oval in (Vote for no more than one) front of the party name. Not all parties have Cynthia McKinney, of California (GRN) nominated candidates for all offices. Marking a Rosa Clemente, of North Carolina Pat Van Zante (DEM) straight party vote does not include votes for nonpartisan offices, judges or questions. Bob Barr, of Georgia (LIB) Jim Van Engelenhoven (REP) Wayne A. Root, of Nevada Straight Party Voting (Write-in vote, if any) (Vote for no more than one) Gloria La Riva, of California (PSL) COUNTY OFFICES Democratic Party (DEM) Robert Moses, of MarylandBALLOT Republican Party (REP) Ralph Nader, of Connecticut (PAF) For Board of Supervisors Socialist Workers Party (SWP) Matt Gonzalez, of California At Large (Vote for no more than two) OTHER POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS Brian Moore, of Florida (SPU) Stewart A. Alexander, of California Jerry James Weldon Sr. (DEM) The following organizations have James Harris, of California (SWP) Paul Kockler (DEM) nominated candidates for only one office: Alyson Kennedy, of New Jersey Sam L Nichols (REP)
Constitution Party (CON) Jim Kingery (REP) Green Party (GRN) (Write-in vote for President, if any) ______Libertarian (LIB) (Write-in vote for Vice President, if any) (Write-in vote, if any) Party for Socialism and Liberation For United States Senator (Write-in vote, if any) (PSL) (Vote for no more than one) Peace and Freedom (PAF) For County Auditor Socialist Party USA (SPU) Tom Harkin (DEM) (Vote for no more than one) SAMPLEChristopher Reed (REP) Jake Grandia (REP) (Write-in vote, if any) (Write-in vote, if any) For United States Representative For County Sheriff Third District (Vote for no more than one) (Vote for no more than one) Tim Cox (DEM)
Leonard L. Boswell (DEM) Ronald Goemaat (REP)
(REP) Kim Schmett (Write-in vote, if any) Frank V Forrestal (SWP)
(Write-in vote, if any)
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FRONT Card 17 RptPct 40 "KNOXVILLE ONE" NON PARTISAN OFFICES JUDICIAL BALLOT PUBLIC MEASURE Notice to voters: Vote on all names by filling Notice to voters: For an affirmative vote in the appropriate oval in front of each name. upon any question submitted upon this ballot fill in the oval in front of the word For Soil & Water Conservation "YES." For a negative vote fill in the oval District Commissioner Supreme Court in front of the word "NO." (Vote for no more than three) Shall the following judges of the Supreme Jack Bensink Court be retained in office? 1 Janet Petty Shall the following amendment to the Constitution be adopted? Vernon Boot Daryl L. Hecht
(Write-in vote, if any) Yes Summary: Changes the language that No describes a person who cannot legally (Write-in vote, if any) vote from "idiot or insane person" to "a (Write-in vote, if any) Brent Appel person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote." For County Agricultural Extension Council (Vote for no more than four) Yes Section 5 of Article II of the Constitution of Craig Greene No the State of Iowa is repealed and the following adopted in lieu thereof: Kisha Jahner Mark S. Cady DISQUALIFIED PERSONS. SEC. 5. A Nancy Harsin person adjudged mentally incompetent to vote or a person convicted of any Karen M. Ackley Yes infamous crime shall not be entitled to the Cindi Dale No privilege of an elector. Yes (Write-in vote, if any) Court of Appeals
(Write-in vote, if any) No Shall the following judges of the Court of (Write-in vote, if any) Appeals be retained in office?
(Write-in vote, if any) Rosemary Shaw Sackett For County Agricultural Extension Council To Fill Vacancy Yes (Vote for no more than one) No BALLOT Mark Drost Larry J. Eisenhauer
(Write-in vote, if any) Yes No
Terry L. Huitink
Yes No
District 5A Court
Shall the following judges of the District 5A Court be retained in office? SAMPLEDale B. Hagen Yes No
William H. Joy
Yes No
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