OFFICIAL ABSENTEE/PROVISIONAL/EMERGENCY BALLOT OFFICIAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA

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For President of the United States SPECIAL ELECTION For Public Service Commissioner (Vote for One) For United States Senate (To succeed Jason Shaw) (Vote for One) Donald J. Trump - President (To fill the Unexpired Term of Johnny Isakson, Michael R. Pence - Vice President Resigned) Jason Shaw (Incumbent) Republican (Vote for One) (Incumbent) Republican Al Bartell Independent Robert G. Bryant Joseph R. Biden - President Democrat Kamala D. Harris - Vice President Allen Buckley Democrat Independent Elizabeth Melton Libertarian Doug Collins Jo Jorgensen - President Republican Jeremy “Spike” Cohen - Vice President ______Libertarian John Fortuin Green Write-In

______Derrick E. Grayson For Public Service Commissioner Write-In Republican (To succeed Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr.) (Vote for One) Michael Todd Greene For United States Senate Independent Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr. (Vote for One) (Incumbent) Republican Annette Davis Jackson David A. Purdue Republican Daniel Blackman (Incumbent) Republican Democrat Deborah Jackson Jon Ossoff Democrat Nathan Wilson Democrat Libertarian Jamesia James Shane Hazel Democrat Libertarian ______E______A. Wayne Johnson Write-In Republican L ______For U.S. Representative in 117th Write-In Tamara Johnson-Shealey Democrat Congress From the 5th PCongressional District of Georgia Matt Lieberman (Vote for One) Democrat Angela Stanton-King M Republican Kelly Loeffler (Incumbent) Republican Nikema Williams A Democrat Joy Felicia Slade Democrat S ______Brian Slowinski Libertarian Write-In

Valencia Stovall For U.S. Representative in 117th Independent Congress From the 13th Congressional District of Georgia Ed Tarver (Vote for One) Democrat

Kandiss Taylor Becky E. Hites Republican Republican

Raphael Warnock David Scott Democrat (Incumbent) Democrat Richard Dien Winfield Democrat ______Write-In Write-In For State Senate From 34th District For State Representative in the For Surveyor (Vote for One) General Assembly From 77th District (Vote for One) (Vote for One) Valencia M. Seay (Incumbent) Democrat (Incumbent) Democrat ______Write-In ______Write-In Write-In For Chief Magistrate (Vote for One) For State Senate From 44th District For State Representative in the (Vote for One) General Assembly From 78th District Keisha Wright Hill (Vote for One) Democrat Benjamin Brooks Republican (Incumbent) Democrat Gail Davenport ______(Incumbent) Democrat Write-In

______For Solicitor-General ______Write-In (Vote for One) Write-In Charles Brooks (Incumbent) Democrat For State Representative in the SPECIAL ELECTION General Assembly From 60th District (Vote for One) For District Attorney of the Clayton Judicial Circuit ______Kim Schofield (Vote for One) Write-In (Incumbent) Democrat Tasha M. Mosley For County Commission Chairman (Incumbent) Democrat (Vote for One) ______Jeffrey E. Turner Write-In (Incumbent) Democrat ______For State Representative in the Write-In General Assembly From 63rd District ______(Vote for One) For Judge of Probate Court (Vote for One) Write-In David Callahan Republican Pamela P. Ferguson For County Commissioner, District 2 (Incumbent) Democrat (Vote for One) (Incumbent) Democrat Gail Hambrick (Incumbent) Democrat ______Write-In Write-In ______For State Representative in the For Clerk of Superior Court Write-In General Assembly From 74th District (Vote for One) (Vote for One) For County Commissioner, District 3 Jacquline D. Wills (Vote for One) (Incumbent) Democrat Democrat Felicia Franklin Warner (Incumbent) Democrat

______Write-In ______Write-In Write-In For State Representative in the For Sheriff General Assembly From 75th District (Vote for One) For Board of Education, District 2 (Vote for One) (Vote for One) Victor Hill Michael Glanton (Incumbent) Democrat Mark Anthony Christmas (Incumbent) Democrat (Incumbent) Democrat

______Write-In Write-In Write-In

For State Representative in the For Tax Commissioner For Board of Education, District 3 General Assembly From 76th District (Vote for One) (Vote for One) (Vote for One) Terry L. Baskin Jessie Goree Sandra Givens Scott (Incumbent) Democrat (Incumbent) D emocrat (Incumbent) Democrat

______Write-In Write-In Write-In For Board of Education, District 5 -2- (Vote for One) Waives state and local sovereign Deatrice “Dee” Haney immunity for violation of state laws, state Democrat and federal constitutions.

House Resolution 1023 ______Act No. 596 Write-In “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to waive sovereign immunity and For Board of Education, District 6 allow the people of Georgia to petition the (Vote for One) superior court for relief from governmental acts done outside the scope of lawful Mary L. Baker authority or which violate the laws of this (Incumbent) Democrat state, the Constitution of Georgia, or the Constitution of the United States?” ______Write-In Yes

No For Board of Education, District 7 (Vote for One) STATEWIDE REFERENDUM Sabrina Hill Democrat -A-

Establishes a tax exemption for certain ______real property owned by charities. Write-In House Bill 344 Act No. 149 For Clayton County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor “Shall the Act be approved which provides (Vote for One) an exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real property owned by a purely public Deetra Denise Poindexter charity, if such charity is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and such E real property is held exclusively for the ______purpose of building or repairing single-family Write-In L homes to be financed by such charity to individuals using loans that shall not bear PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL interest?” P AMENDMENTS Yes -1- M No Authorizes dedication of fees and taxes to their intended purpoAses by general SPECIAL ELECTION state law. Sunday On-Premise Alcohol HouSse Resolution 164 Consumption Starting at 11:00 AM Act No. 597 (Vote for One)

“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be “Shall the Clayton County Board of amended so as to authorize the General Commissioners be authorized to permit and Assembly to dedicate revenues derived regulate Sunday sales of distilled spirits or from fees or taxes to the public purpose for alcoholic beverages for beverage purposes which such fees or taxes were intended?” by the drink from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M.?

Yes Yes

No No

2020 QUALIFIED WRITE-IN CANDIDATES IN FEDERAL, STATE, & LOCAL ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 3, 2020

CERTIFIED WRITE-IN CANDIDATES:

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

BARBARA BELLAR KASEY WELLS BRIAN CARROLL KATHRYN GIBSON DAVID BYRNE LOREN COLLINS DEBORAH ROUSE MARK CHARLES DON BLANKENSHIP PETER SHERRILL GLORIA LA RIVA PRESIDENT R19 BODDIE HOWIE HAWKINS SHAWN HOWARD JADE SIMMONS PRINCESS JACOB-FAMBRO

UNITED STATES SENATE ROD MACK

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 13 MARTIN COWEN

FOR CLAYTON COUNTY SHERIFF DWAYNE FABIAN PROPOSED

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

AND

STATE-WIDE REFERENDUM QUESTIONS

GENERAL ELECTION

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Constitutional Amendments 1-2 Summaries of Amendments and State-wide Referendum Question A This booklet contains copies of the two proposed amendments to the Constitution in their entirety. These amendments will be submitted at the general election on November 3, 2020. As required by the Constitution, these proposed amendments in their entirety are on file in the office of the judge of the probate court in each county and are available for public inspection. This booklet also includes summaries of the two proposals as prepared by Attorney General Christopher Carr, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Legislative Counsel Rick Ruskell and published in the newspaper which is each county's official legal organ. In addition, a summary of the state-wide referendum question prepared by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is included. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 1-2 - 1 - purpose for which the revenue elected to each chamber of the session, may be appropriated in a derived from such fee or tax shall General Assembly in a roll-call supplemental appropriations Act House Resolution No. 164 be used, identify the agency to vote. for that same fiscal year. The Resolution Act No. 597 administer such revenue, require (5) No revenues which are Governor shall not exercise this Ga. L. 2020, p. 919 annual reporting of the revenues dedicated by a general law executive privilege more than and expenses by such agency, enacted pursuant to this three times during any ten A RESOLUTION and include an automatic subparagraph shall be subject to consecutive fiscal-year period or expiration of such fee or tax any further dedication, any if the General Assembly has Proposing an amendment to the within a period not to exceed ten rededication to another purpose, acted pursuant to subparagraph Constitution so as to authorize years. Any such general law may or any alteration whatsoever (5)(B). the General Assembly to provide also be authorized to offset, in t h r o u g h t h e g e n e r a l (B) In the event the by general law for the creation or whole or in part, the costs to the appropriations Act, or any Governor declares a financial renewal and dedication of state of implementing and amendment thereto, or any emergency in the state as revenues derived from fees or administering such dedication of supplementary appropriations provided in subparagraph (5)(A) taxes to the public purpose for revenue. Act, or any amendment thereto, or where a majority vote of the which such fees or taxes were (2) The General Assembly and any such further dedication, members elected to each chamber intended; to provide for shall not be authorized to rededication to another purpose, of the General Assembly in a procedures, conditions, and dedicate state revenues pursuant or alteration shall be void and of roll-call vote approves a joint limitations; to provide for the to this subparagraph when the no force and effect. If in the case resolution finding a financial redesignation of current total revenues dedicated of a financial emergency the emergency, which shall be s u b p a r a g r a p h s o f t h e hereunder, including any Governor or General Assembly deemed to exist only if the Constitution; to provide for the nonlapsed funds, are equal to or intends to suspend the dedication revenue collection in the most submission of this amendment exceed one percent of the total of revenues enacted pursuant to recently completed fiscal year for ratification or rejection; and state revenues based on the this subparagraph, the Governor decreased by three percent or for other purposes. previous fiscal year's state or the General Assembly shall do more below the revenue estimate revenues subject to appropriation. so only in strict compliance with for such fiscal year or the state BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (3) Any general law enacted the following procedures. experiences three consecutive GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF pursuant to this subparagraph (A) In the event the months of declining revenues GEORGIA: shall not be subject to the Governor declares a financial during the current fiscal year, the limitations of Article III, Section emergency in the state, where Gene r a l As s e mb l y may SECTION 1. IX, Paragraph IV(c), relating to such financial emergency shall temporarily suspend the Article III, Section IX, Paragraph the lapsing of funds; Article III, be deemed to exist only if the dedication of revenues enacted VI of the Constitution is amended Section IX, Paragraph VI(a), revenue collection in the most pursuant to this subparagraph, in by redesignating the second relating to allocation of proceeds; recently completed fiscal year whole or part, and may subparagraph (o), relating to the or Article VII, Section III, decreased by three percent or appropriate such unspent dedication of the excise tax on Paragraph II(a), relating to more below the revenue estimate revenues to maintain the fiscal the sale of fireworks, as payment into the general fund of for such fiscal year or the state integrity of the state. Such joint s u b p a r a g r a p h ( p ) , b y the state treasury. experiences three consecutive resolution shall not be effective redesignating subparagraph (p), (4) Any general law enacted months of declining revenues for more than two consecutive relating to the Georgia Outdoor creating or renewing and during the current fiscal year, the fiscal years and may be adopted S t e w a r d s h i p F u n d , a s dedicating revenues shall not Governor by executive order not more than three times in any subparagraph (q), and by adding become effective unless approved may temporarily suspend the ten consecutive fiscal-year a new subparagraph to read as by two-thirds of the members dedication of any revenues period. follows: elected to each chamber of the enacted pursuant to this (6) No revenues which are "(r)(1) Subject to the General Assembly in a roll-call subparagraph, in whole or in dedicated pursuant to any other limitations in this subparagraph, vote; provided, however, that part, and shall appropriate such provision of this Constitution by the General Assembly may such a general law may be revenues to maintain the fiscal a general law enacted pursuant to provide by general law for the repealed by a majority vote of the integrity of the state. Such any other provision of this creation or renewal and members elected to each chamber executive order and associated Constitution shall be subject to dedication of revenues, in whole of the General Assembly in a suspension and appropriation of any further dedication, any or in part, derived from fees or roll-call vote. Except in the case dedicated revenues shall remain rededication to another purpose, taxes to the public purpose for of a financial emergency as in effect until the fifth day of the or any alteration whatsoever which such fees or taxes were provided in paragraph (5) of this session of the General Assembly unless specifically authorized intended; provided that the subparagraph, no amendment to immediately following the pursuant to such other provision general law dedicating such fee any general law enacted pursuant execution of such executive of the Constitution, and in the or tax shall reference this to this subparagraph shall order. Any previously dedicated absence of such specific provision of the Constitution, become effective unless approved revenues which remain unspent authorization, any such further provide the specific public by two-thirds of the members as of the fifth day of such dedication, rededication to another purpose, or alteration for ratification or rejection; and the state or officer or employee SECTION 2. shall be void and of no force and for other purposes. thereof shall be brought The above proposed amendment effect." exclusively against such county, to the Constitution shall be BE IT RESOLVED BY THE consolidated government, or published and submitted as SECTION 2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF municipality and in the name of provided in Article X, Section I, The above proposed amendment GEORGIA: such county, consolidated Paragraph II of the Constitution. to the Constitution shall be government, or municipality. The ballot submitting the above published and submitted as SECTION 1. Actions filed pursuant to this proposed amendment shall have provided in Article X, Section I, Article I, Section II of the Paragraph naming as a defendant written or printed thereon the Paragraph II of the Constitution. Constitution is amended by any individual, officer, or entity following: The ballot submitting the above revising Paragraph V as follows: other than as expressly "( ) YES Shall the Constitution proposed amendment shall have "Paragraph V. What acts void. authorized under this Paragraph of Georgia be amended written or printed thereon the (a) Legislative acts in violation shall be dismissed. ( ) NO to waive sovereign following: of this Constitution or the (3) Unless otherwise immunity and allow the Constitution of the United States provided herein, this Paragraph "( ) YES Shall the Constitution people of Georgia to are void, and the judiciary shall shall not affect the power or duty of G e o r gi a b e petition the superior so declare them. of a court to dismiss any action ( ) NO amended so as to court for relief from (b)(1) Sovereign immunity or deny relief based on any other authorize the General governmental acts done is hereby waived for actions in appropriate legal or equitable Assembly to dedicate outside the scope of the superior court seeking ground or other limitation on revenues derived lawful authority or declaratory relief from acts of the judicial review, including, but from fees or taxes to which violate the laws state or any agency, authority, not limited to, administrative the public purpose for of this state, the branch, b oa r d, b ur e au, exhaustion requirements, ante which such fees or C o n s t i t u t i o n o f commission, department, office, litem notice requirements, taxes were intended?" Geor gi a , or the or public corporation of this state sanctions for frivolous petitions, Constitution of the All persons desiring to vote in or officer or employee thereof or standing, statutes of limitation United States?" favor of ratifying the proposed any county, consolidated and repose, and venue. The amendment shall vote "Yes." All government, or municipality of General Assembly by an Act All persons desiring to vote in persons desiring to vote against this state or officer or employee may limit the power or duty of a favor of ratifying the proposed r a t i fyi ng the p r op os e d thereof outside the scope of court under this Paragraph to amendment shall vote "Yes." All amendment shall vote "No." If lawful authority or in violation of dismiss any action or deny relief. persons desiring to vote against such amendment shall be ratified the laws or the Constitution of (4) No damages, attorney's r a t i fyi ng t he p r op os ed as provided in said Paragraph of this state or the Constitution of fees, or costs of litigation shall amendment shall vote "No." If the Constitution, it shall become the United States. Sovereign be awarded in an action filed such amendment shall be ratified a part of the Constitution of this immunity is further waived so pursuant to this Paragraph, as provided in said Paragraph of state. that a court awarding declaratory unless specifically authorized by the Constitution, it shall become relief pursuant to this Paragraph Act of the General Assembly. a part of the Constitution of this - 2 - may, only after awarding (5) This Paragraph shall not state. declaratory relief, enjoin such limit the power of the General House Resolution No. 1023 acts to enforce its judgment. Assembly to further waive the Resolution Act No. 596 Such waiver of sovereign immunity provided in Article I, Ga. L. 2020, p. 917 immunity under this Paragraph Section II, Paragraph IX and shall apply to past, current, and Article IX, Section II, Paragraph A RESOLUTION prospective acts which occur on IX. This Paragraph shall not or after January 1, 2021. constitute a waiver of any Proposing an amendment to the (2) Actions filed pursuant to immunity provided to this state Constitution so as to waive this Paragraph against this state or any agency, authority, branch, sovereign immunity and allow or any agency, authority, branch, board, bureau, commission, petitions to the superior court for board, bureau, commission, department, office, or public relief from certain acts of this department, office, or public corporation of this state or state or certain local governments corporation of this state or officer officer or employee thereof or or officers or employees thereof or employee thereof shall be any county, consolidated that violate the laws of this state, brought exclusively against the government, or municipality of the Constitution of Georgia, or state and in the name of the State this state or officer or employee the Constitution of the United of Georgia. Actions filed thereof by the Constitution of the States; to provide for related pursuant to this Paragraph against United States." matters; to provide for the any county, consolidated submission of this amendment government, or municipality of SUMMARIES OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND STATE-WIDE REFERENDUM QUESTIONS ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT NOVEMBER 3, 2020 SUMMARIES OF taxes collected for some specific file in the office of the judge of beginning with violations PROPOSED intended public purpose be used the probate court and is available occurring on or after January 1, CONSTITUTIONAL as so intended. It requires any for public inspection. 2021. It requires that such suits AMENDMENTS such general law to identify the be brought only against the State specific public purpose, name the - 2 - or Georgia, or in the case of a Pursuant to requirements of the state agency to administer the local government, against the Georgia Constitution, Attorney funds, require the agency to make Waives state and local specific local government. It General Christopher Carr, annual reports of revenues and sovereign immunity for requires superior courts to Secretary of State Brad expenses, and automatically end violation of state laws, state and dismiss any such lawsuit that Raffensperger, and Legislative the fee or tax within ten years. It federal constitutions. names any individual state or Counsel Rick Ruskell hereby prohibits the General Assembly local public officer or employee provide the summaries of the from designating funds when House Resolution 1023 as a defendant. It maintains the p r op os e d cons t i t u t iona l total revenues so dedicated equal Resolution Act No. 596 ability of superior courts to amendments that will appear on or exceed one percent of the total Ga. L. 2020, p. 917 dismiss such suits based on other the November 3, 2020, general state revenues based on the appropriate legal or equitable election ballot for consideration p r e v i o u s fi s c a l ye a r ' s grounds or limitation on review "( ) YES Shall the Constitution by the people of Georgia (short appropriated state revenues. It in superior court. It prohibits any o f G e o r g i a b e captions are those adopted by the exempts such general laws from type of monetary award, ( ) NO amended to waive Constitutional Amendments certain state constitutional including attorney's fees or costs sovereign immunity Publication Board): restrictions. It requires that such of litigation, unless authorized by and allow the people general laws, including an Act of the Georgia General of Georgia to petition - 1 - amendments, be approved by Assembly. It does not prohibit the superior court for two-thirds of each chamber of the the General Assembly from r e l i e f f r o m Authorizes dedication of fees General Assembly, but allows for further waiving certain other governmental acts and taxes to their intended repeal of such general laws by immunities provided for under done outside the scope purposes by general state law. simple majority vote. It prohibits Georgia's Constitution, though it of lawful authority or attempts to reallocate dedicated does not waive any immunity which violate the laws House Resolution No. 164 funds through any appropriations provided for by the United States of this state, the Resolution Act No. 597 act or amendment. It provides Constitution. It amends Article I, C o n s t i t u t i o n o f Ga. L. 2020, p. 919 for temporary suspension of such Section II, Paragraph V of the Georgia, or the general laws by the Governor or Georgia Constitution by Constitution of the by the General Assembly in the rendering the current text "( ) YES Shall the Constitution United States?" event of a financial emergency, subparagraph (a) and adding a o f G e or gi a b e subject to certain limitations. It new subparagraph (b). ( ) NO amended so as to Summary amends Article III, Section IX, A copy of this entire proposed authorize the General Paragraph VI of the Georgia constitutional amendment is on Assembly to dedicate Constitution by redesignating the This proposal waives state file in the office of the judge of revenues derived second subparagraph (o), relating and local sovereign immunity so the probate court and is available from fees or taxes to as to allow citizens to sue the to the dedication of the excise tax for public inspection. the public purpose for on the sale of fireworks, as State of Georgia, its departments which such fees or s u b p a r a g r a p h ( p ) , b y and other agencies, and its local taxes were intended?" redesignating subparagraph (p), governments in superior courts and authorizes superior courts to relating to the Georgia Outdoor Summary S t e w a r d s h i p F u n d , a s order state and local officers and subparagraph (q), and by adding employees to cease violations of This proposal authorizes the a new subparagraph (r). the Georgia Constitution, the by laws of the State of Georgia, or A copy of this entire proposed general law to require that fees or constitutional amendment is on the United States Constitution, SUMMARIES OF charity is exempt from federal PROPOSED STATE-WIDE taxation and such property is REFERENDUM used only for building or QUESTIONS repairing single-family homes to be financed by such charity to Pursuant to Code Section individuals using zero interest 21-2-4 of the O.C.G.A., the loans. It amends Code Section Secretary of State is authorized to 48-5-41 of the Official Code of include with the summaries of Georgia Annotated by deleting p r op o s e d c ons t i t ut iona l "and" at the end of paragraph amendments summaries of any (14), by replacing the period with state-wide referendum questions "; and" at the end of paragraph to be voted on at the same (15), and by adding a new general election: paragraph. If approved by a majority of - A - the voters, the Act becomes effective on January 1, 2021, and Provides tax exemption for certain single-family homes applies to all tax years beginning owned by tax exempt charities. on or after that date.

House Bill No. 344 Act No. 149 Ga. L. 2019, p. 488

"( ) YES Shall the Act be a p p r o v e d whi c h ( ) NO provides an exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real property owned by a purely public charity, if such charity is exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and such real property is held exclusively for the purpose of building o r r e p a i r i n g single-family homes to be financed by such charity to individuals using loans that shall not bear interest?"

Summary

This proposal authorizes a new exemption from ad valorem taxes for all real property owned by a purely public charity, if such