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Sample Ballot Spokane County, Washington November 4, 2014 General Election Sample Ballot Spokane County, Washington November 4, 2014 General Election Instructions Marking Your Ballot Completely fill in the oval to the left of your choice. Use a dark pen. Unless specifically allowed by law, more than one vote for an office or ballot measure will be an overvote and no votes for that office or ballot measure will be counted. Vote for one candidate per office. To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the candidates name on the line provided and fill in the oval. Correcting Your Ballot To make a correction, draw a line through the entire response. You then have the option of making another choice if you wish. In order for your ballot to be counted, it must be either postmarked or deposited at a designated deposit site no later than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day (November 4). A list of Ballot Drop Box locations may be found at www.spokanecounty.org/elections. Begin Voting Here Legislative District 6 – Partisan Office READ: Each candidate for partisan State Representative Pos 1 Initiatives to the People office may state a political party that Kevin Parker Initiative Measure No. 1351 he or she prefers. A candidate’s (Prefers Republican Party) Initiative Measure No. 1351 concerns K-12 preference does not imply that the education. This measure would direct the Donald Dover legislature to allocate funds to reduce class candidate is nominated or endorsed (Prefers Democratic Party) sizes and increase staffing support for students by the party, or that the party in all K-12 grades, with additional class-size approves of or associates with that _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ reductions and staffing increases in high-poverty candidate. schools. State Representative Pos 2 Jeff Holy Should this measure be enacted into law? Federal – Partisan Office (Prefers Republican Party) U.S. Representative District 5 Yes Cathy McMorris Rodgers Ziggy Siegfried (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Democratic Party) No Joseph (Joe) Pakootas _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Initiatives to the Legislature (Prefers Democratic Party) Initiative Measure No. 591 Legislative District 7 – Partisan Office _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Senator Initiative Measure No. 591 concerns firearms. Brian Dansel This measure would prohibit government (Prefers Republican Party) agencies from confiscating guns or other Legislative District 3 – Partisan Office firearms from citizens without due process, or State Representative Pos 1 Tony Booth from requiring background checks on firearm (Prefers Republican Party) recipients unless a uniform national standard is Marcus Riccelli required. (Prefers Democratic Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Should this measure be enacted into law? Tim Benn State Representative Pos 1 (Prefers Independent R Party) Shelly Short Yes (Prefers Republican Party) No _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ James R. Apker (Prefers Libertarian Party) Initiative Measure No. 594 State Representative Pos 2 Timm Ormsby _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Initiative Measure No. 594 concerns (Prefers Democratic Party) background checks for firearm sales and State Representative Pos 2 transfers. This measure would apply currently Paul Delaney Joel Kretz used criminal and public safety background (Prefers Libertarian Party) (Prefers Republican Party) checks by licensed dealers to all firearm sales and transfers, including gun show and online _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Ronnie Rae sales, with specific exceptions. (Prefers Centralist Party) Legislative District 4 – Partisan Office Should this measure be enacted into law? State Representative Pos 1 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Two Year Term Short and Full Yes Bob McCaslin Legislative District 9 – Partisan Office (Prefers Republican Party) State Representative Pos 1 No Susan Fagan Diana Wilhite (Prefers Republican Party) Advisory Votes (Prefers Republican Party) Advisory Vote No. 8 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Senate Bill 6505 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ State Representative Pos 2 The legislature eliminated, without a vote of the Joe Schmick people, agricultural excise tax preferences for State Representative Pos 2 (Prefers G.O.P. Party) various aspects of the marijuana industry, costing Matt Shea an estimated $24,903,000 in the first ten years, (Prefers Republican Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for government spending. This tax increase should be: Josh Arritola Spokane County – Partisan Office (Prefers Republican Party) County Commissioner District 3 Repealed Al French (Prefers G.O.P. Party) Maintained _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mary Lou Johnson Advisory Vote No. 9 (Prefers Democratic Party) Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1287 Legislative District 6 – Partisan Office State Senator _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The legislature imposed, without a vote of the Michael Baumgartner people, the leasehold excise tax on certain (Prefers Republican Party) County Assessor leasehold interests in tribal property, costing an Vicki Horton estimated $1,298,000 in the first ten years, for Rich Cowan (Prefers Republican Party) government spending. This tax increase should (Prefers Democratic Party) be: Roger E. Trainor _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (Prefers Republican Party) Repealed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Maintained Vote Both Sides of Ballot Spokane County – Partisan Office Spokane County – Nonpartisan Office City of Spokane County Auditor District Court Judge Position No. 5 Proposition No.1 Vicky M. Dalton Richard Reierson City of Spokane Levy for Improved & Integrated Streets (Prefers Democratic Party) Gregory J. Tripp The Spokane City Council adopted Resolution No. Alene Lindstrand 2014-0085, approving a levy proposition to improve (Prefers G.O.P Party) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and repair the city's streets and terminate the use of the existing $0.57 property tax assessment for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ District Court Judge Position No. 6 repayment of the 2004 street bond. This proposition Debra R. Hayes would authorize a property tax levy lid lift County Clerk commencing in 2015 of $0.57 per $1,000 of Four Year Term Short and Full _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ assessed valuation, resulting in no net increase in the 2015 tax rate. The levy funds would be used to Timothy W. Fitzgerald pay for street repairs and improvements and would (Prefers Republican Party) District Court Judge Position No. 7 be the basis for subsequent levies for 20 years, all Randy A. Brandt as provided in the resolution. Should this proposition Mary M. Wissink be: (Prefers Democratic Party) Aimee Maurer Approved _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rejected County Prosecuting Attorney District Court Judge Position No. 8 Proposition No. 2 Larry Haskell Four Year Term Short and Full City of Spokane (Prefers Republican Party) Richard M. Leland Riverfront Park General Obligation Bonds - $64,300,000 Breean L. Beggs Timothy D. Trageser (Prefers Democratic Party) The City Council of the City of Spokane passed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Resolution No. 2014-0084 approving a plan to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ finance the renovation, improvement and modernization of the aging infrastructure of County Sheriff Public Utility District – Nonpartisan Office Riverfront Park, including the Looff Carrousel building, U.S. Pavilion, Ice Rink, Skyride and Park Ozzie D. Knezovich PUD Commissioner District 2 facilities with no net increase in the current annual (Prefers Republican Party) Howie Kubik tax levy for Parks. This proposition authorizes the City to finance the renovation of Riverfront Park Doug Orr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ buildings, facilities and infrastructure; enhance (Prefers Republican Party) security and safety facilities; improve parking, Local Ballot Measures lighting, heating and cooling systems; and improve _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ other capital facilities of Riverfront Park and the City of Airway Heights Parks system. General obligation bonds would be County Treasurer Proposition No. 1 issued in a maximum principal amount of $64,300,000, maturing within 20 years from date of Rob Chase City of Airway Heights Emergency Medical Care and Services issue, and repaid from an annual excess levy on real (Prefers Republican Party) property, all as provided in the Resolution. Should For the purpose of funding Emergency Medical Care this proposition be: Amy Biviano and Services (EMS) as set forth in Resolution 2014- (Prefers Democratic Party) 012 shall the City of Airway Heights be authorized to Approved impose an EMS tax levy of $.25 per One Thousand _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dollars of assessed value of property in the City for Rejected each of six consecutive years commencing in 2015.
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