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DEKALB COUNTY
**SAMPLE BALLOT**

OFFICIAL ABSENTEE/PROVISIONAL/CHALLENGED BALLOT

OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY AND NONPARTISAN GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
MAY 22, 2018

To vote, blacken the Oval ( ) next to the candidate of your choice. To vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, manually WRITE his or her name in the write-in section and blacken the Oval ( ) next to the write-in section. If you desire to vote YES or NO for a PROPOSED QUESTION, blacken the corresponding Oval ( ). Use only blue or black pen or pencil.

Do not vote for more candidates than the number allowed for each specific office. Do not cross out or erase. If you erase or make other marks on the ballot or tear the ballot, your vote may not count.

If you change your mind or make a mistake, you may return the ballot by writing “Spoiled” across the face of the ballot and return envelope. You may then mail the spoiled ballot back to your county board of registrars, and you will be issued another official absentee ballot. Alternatively, you may surrender the ballot to the poll manager of an early voting site within your county or the precinct to which you are assigned. You will then be permitted to vote a regular ballot.

"I understand that the offer or acceptance of money or any other object of value to vote for any particular candidate, list of candidates, issue, or list of issues included in this election constitutes an act of voter fraud and is a felony under Georgia law." [OCGA 21-2-284(e), 21-2-285(h) and 21-2-383(a)]

For Public Service

  • For Governor
  • For State Senator From

40th District

Commissioner

(To Succeed Chuck Eaton)
(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)
(Vote for One)

STACEY ABRAMS
LINDY MILLER

SALLY HARRELL

STACEY EVANS
JOHN NOEL

TAMARA JOHNSON-SHEALEY

For Lieutenant Governor

(Vote for One)

JOHNNY C. WHITE

For State Senator From
41st District

SARAH RIGGS AMICO

(Vote for One)

For Public Service Commissioner

(To Succeed Tricia Pridemore)
(Vote for One)

TRIANA ARNOLD JAMES

STEVE HENSON

(Incumbent)

DAWN A. RANDOLPH

SABRINA MCKENZIE

For Secretary of State

(Vote for One)

  • JOHN BARROW
  • DOUG STONER

For State Senator From
42nd District

(Vote for One)

DEE DAWKINS-HAIGLER RAKEIM "RJ" HADLEY

For U.S. Representative in 116th
Congress From the 4th

ELENA PARENT

(Incumbent)

Congressional District of
Georgia

(Vote for One)

For State Senator From
43rd District

HENRY C. "HANK" JOHNSON, JR.

(Incumbent)

For Attorney General

(Vote for One)
(Vote for One)

  • CHARLIE BAILEY
  • JUAN PARKS

TONYA P. ANDERSON

(Incumbent)

JOEL THIBODEAUX

For U.S. Representative in 116th
Congress From the 5th

For Commissioner of Agriculture

(Vote for One)

Congressional District of

FRED SWANN

For State Senator From

Georgia

(Vote for One)

44th District

(Vote for One)

JOHN R. LEWIS

(Incumbent)

For Commissioner of Insurance

(Vote for One)

SANDRA DANIELS

JANICE LAWS CINDY ZELDIN

For U.S. Representative in 116th
Congress From the 6th

GAIL DAVENPORT

(Incumbent)

Congressional District of
Georgia

(Vote for One

KEITH HORTON

KEVIN ABEL

For State School Superintendent

(Vote for One)

For State Senator From
55th District

  • SID CHAPMAN
  • STEVEN KNIGHT GRIFFIN

BOBBY KAPLE

(Vote for One)

SAM MOSTELLER OTHA E. THORNTON, JR.

GLORIA S. BUTLER

(Incumbent)

LUCY MCBATH

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
79th District

  • For Commissioner of Labor
  • For State Senator From

10th District

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

(Vote for One)

RICHARD KEATLEY FRED QUINN

MICHAEL S. WILENSKY

EMANUEL JONES

(Incumbent)

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Card 3

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

DEMOCRATIC PARTY
QUESTIONS

  • 80th District
  • 89th District

  • (Vote for One)
  • (Vote for One)

-1-

  • MATTHEW WILSON
  • BEE NGUYEN

(Incumbent)

Should the sale and distribution of bump stocks be prohibited in the state of Georgia?

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

YES

  • 81st District
  • 90th District

  • (Vote for One)
  • (Vote for One)

NO

SCOTT HOLCOMB

(Incumbent)

GREGORY SHEALEY

-2-

  • HAMID NOORI
  • PAM STEPHENSON

(Incumbent)

Should Georgia pull down our federal tax dollars to save rural hospitals and create more than fifty thousand jobs by expanding Medicaid?

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

YES

82nd District

(Vote for One)

91st District

(Vote for One)

NO

MARY MARGARET OLIVER

(Incumbent)

VERNON JONES

(Incumbent)

-3-
For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

Should Georgia allow voters to elect our own representatives by amending our Constitution to place the power of drawing district lines under the authority of an independent, non-partisan commission?

  • 83rd District
  • 92nd District

  • (Vote for One
  • (Vote for One)

  • BECKY EVANS
  • DOREEN CARTER

(Incumbent)

YES

HOWARD MOSBY

(Incumbent)

NO

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
93rd District
For State Representative in the

General Assembly From
-4-

(Vote for One)

Should Georgia alleviate traffic congestion, reduce carbon emissions, and better connect communities by investing a substantial amount of existing tax dollars in mass transit?

84th District

(Vote for One)

DARSHUN KENDRICK

(Incumbent)

RENITTA SHANNON

(Incumbent)

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

YES

94th District

(Vote for One)

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

NO

85th District

(Vote for One)

KAREN BENNETT

(Incumbent)

NONPARTISAN
GENERAL ELECTION

KARLA DRENNER

(Incumbent)

L. DEAN HEARD

For Justice,

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
For County Commissioner

Supreme Court of Georgia

(To Succeed Michael P. Boggs)
(Vote for One)

District 2

(Vote for One)

86th District

(Vote for One)

JEFF RADER

(Incumbent)

MICHAEL P. BOGGS

(Incumbent)

MICHELE HENSON

(Incumbent)

For County Commissioner

JOSCELYN C. ONEIL

District 3

(Vote for One)

Write-in

For Justice,
Supreme Court of Georgia

(To Succeed Britt C. Grant)
(Vote for One)

LARRY JOHNSON

(Incumbent)

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From
87th District

FELTON WRIGHT

BRITT CAGLE GRANT

(Incumbent)

(Vote for One)

VIOLA DAVIS

For County Commissioner
Super District 7

(Vote for One)

Write-in

EARNEST "COACH" WILLIAMS

(Incumbent)

For Justice,
Supreme Court of Georgia

(To Succeed Carol Hunstein)
(Vote for One)

GREGORY ADAMS

(Incumbent)

For State Representative in the
General Assembly From

LORRAINE COCHRAN-JOHNSON JOHN E. TOLBERT, JR. ED WILLIAMS

JOHN ELLINGTON

88th District

(Vote for One)

BILLY MITCHELL

(Incumbent)

Write-in

Card 3

DEKALB COUNTY
**SAMPLE BALLOT**

OFFICIAL ABSENTEE/PROVISIONAL/CHALLENGED BALLOT

OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY AND NONPARTISAN GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
MAY 22, 2018

To vote, blacken the Oval ( ) next to the candidate of your choice. To vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, manually WRITE his or her name in the write-in section and blacken the Oval ( ) next to the write-in section. If you desire to vote YES or NO for a PROPOSED QUESTION, blacken the corresponding Oval ( ). Use only blue or black pen or pencil.

Do not vote for more candidates than the number allowed for each specific office. Do not cross out or erase. If you erase or make other marks on the ballot or tear the ballot, your vote may not count.

If you change your mind or make a mistake, you may return the ballot by writing “Spoiled” across the face of the ballot and return envelope. You may then mail the spoiled ballot back to your county board of registrars, and you will be issued another official absentee ballot. Alternatively, you may surrender the ballot to the poll manager of an early voting site within your county or the precinct to which you are assigned. You will then be permitted to vote a regular ballot.

"I understand that the offer or acceptance of money or any other object of value to vote for any particular candidate, list of candidates, issue, or list of issues included in this election constitutes an act of voter fraud and is a felony under Georgia law." [OCGA 21-2-284(e), 21-2-285(h) and 21-2-383(a)]

For Judge, Court of Appeals of

For Judge, Superior Court of the
Stone Mountain Judicial

NONPARTISAN GENERAL
ELECTION

Georgia

(To Succeed M. Yvette Miller)
(Vote for One)

Circuit

(To Succeed Courtney Johnson)
(Vote for One)

M. YVETTE MILLER

(Incumbent)

For Justice,
Supreme Court of Georgia

(To Succeed Harold D. Melton)
(Vote for One)

GENET HOPEWELL

HAROLD D. MELTON

(Incumbent)

Write-in

COURTNEY JOHNSON

(Incumbnet)

For Judge,
Court of Appeals of Georgia

(To Succeed Clyde L. Reese, III)
(Vote for One)

Write-in
CLYDE L. REESE III

(Incumbent)

For Justice,

Write-in

Supreme Court of Georgia

(To Succeed Nels S.D. Peterson)
(Vote for One)

For Judge of State Court of DeKalb County

(To Succeed Johnny Panos)
(Vote for One)

NELS PETERSON

(Incumbent)

Write-in

JOHNNY PANOS

(Incumbent)

For Judge,
Court of Appeals of Georgia

(To Succeed Brian M. Rickman)
(Vote for One)

Write-in
BRIAN RICKMAN

(Incumbent)

For Judge, Court of Appeals of

Write-in

Georgia

(To Succeed Charles Jones Bethel)
(Vote for One)

For Judge of State Court of DeKalb County

(To Succeed Alvin T. Wong)
(Vote for One)

CHARLIE BETHEL

(Incumbent)

Write-in

ALVIN T. WONG

(Incumbent)

For Judge, Superior Court of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit

(To Succeed Daniel Marshall Coursey, Jr.)
(Vote for One)

Write-in
TUNDE AKINYELE

For Judge, Court of Appeals of

Write-in

Georgia

(To Succeed Stephen Dillard)
(Vote for One)

For Board of Education

GINA BERNARD

District 2

(Vote for One)

STEPHEN DILLARD

(Incumbent)

RODERICK BRIDGES KIRBY CLEMENTS, JR. LATISHA DEAR-JACKSON NICHOLAS SMITH

CANDICE D. MCKINLEY MARSHALL ORSON

(Incumbent)

Write-in

For Judge, Court of Appeals of
Georgia

(To Succeed John Ellington)
(Vote for One)

Write-in

KEN HODGES

For Board of Education
District 4

(Vote for One)

KEN SHIGLEY

ALLYSON GEVERTZ

Write-in

For Judge, Superior Court of the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit

(To Succeed Asha F. Jackson)
(Vote for One)

Write-in

For Judge,

Write-in

Court of Appeals of Georgia

(To Succeed Amanda Mercier)
(Vote for One)

ASHA F. JACKSON

(Incumbent)

AMANDA H. MERCIER

(Incumbent)

Write-in
Write-in

Card 4

For Board of Education
District 6

(Vote for One)

DIIJON "TWIN" DACOSTA LANCE LAWYER HAMMONDS

Write-in

Card 4

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    PRIORITY: Key Officials Brad Raffensperger Secretary of State 844.753.7825 http://sos.ga.gov/cgi-bin/email.asp Brian Kemp Governor 404 656 1776 https://gov.georgia.gov/contact-us PRIORITY: House Speaker + his staff & House Majority Leadership Name Office Phone Email David Ralston Speaker of the House 404-656-5020 [email protected] Spiro Amburn Chief of Staff [email protected] Kaleb McMichen Director of Communications [email protected] Jon Burns Majority Leader 404.656.5052 [email protected] Jan Jones Speaker Pro-Tempore 404.656.5072 [email protected] Trey Kelley Majority Whip 404-656-5024 [email protected] Matt Hatchett Majority Caucus Chair 404-656-5025 [email protected] Micah Gravley Majority Caucus Vice Chair404.463.8143 [email protected] Bruce WIlliamson Maj Caucus Secretary/Treasurer404.656.5024 [email protected] Mark Newton Majority Caucus Chief Deputy Whip404.656.0254 [email protected] Contact these house members first - and call your own! Michael Caldwell 404.656.0152 [email protected] Kevin Cooke 404.656.0188 [email protected] Sheri Gilligan 404.656.0325 [email protected] Matt Gurtler 404.656.0188 [email protected] Colton Moore 404.656.0325 [email protected] David Stover 404.656.0177 [email protected] Scot Turner 404.656.0152 [email protected] Jeff Jones 404.656.0177 [email protected] David Clark 404.656.0298 [email protected] Danny Mathis 404.656.0152 [email protected]
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    GBJ Feature Final Remarks to the Board of Governors by Charles L. Ruffin The bylaws of the State Bar of Georgia specify the duties of the president. One of the responsibilities is to “deliver a report at the Annual Meeting of the members of the activities of the State Bar during his or her term in office and furnish a copy of the report to the Supreme Court of Georgia.” Following is the report from 2013-14 President Charles L. Ruffin on his year, delivered June 6, at the State Bar’s Annual Meeting. ood morning. As I have the opportunity to preside over a meeting of the Board G of Governors one final time, I wish to once again express my appreciation for the privilege of serving as the 51st president of the State Bar of Georgia. In fact, that will be the sole focus of my remarks this morning. To those who have worked so hard to make this past year a successful time of historical obser- vance—as we have celebrated not only the 50th anni- versary of the State Bar of Georgia, but the 225th anni- versary of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution—to all who participated this year, I simply want to say “thank you.” The fact of the matter is, the State Bar of Georgia is a huge team made up of many leaders who Photo by Sarah I. Coole in their own geographic area and areas of practice 2013-14 President Charles L. Ruffin addresses the Board of Governors contribute greatly to an orderly system of justice that and others in attendance during the Annual Meeting.
  • 06.17 Open Letter Vertical

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    JUNE 2020 We Won’t Go Back: An Open Letter from State and Local Legislators Urging the U.S. Supreme Court to Defend Abortion Access We all deserve the right to make decisions about our families and our bodies, free from coercion or violence. As elected officials in states and localities, we are committed to protecting and advancing these rights. In the past decade, hundreds of restrictions on abortion care have been passed at the state level, and more local governments are restricting abortion in their own towns and counties. The resulting patchwork of laws means that a person’s ability to access your their right to abortion depends on your zip code and the contents of your bank account, with low-income people, people of color, young people, immigrant communities, and rural communities paying the steepest price. As public servants, it’s our job to not only support policies that allow our constituents to survive but policies that allow them thrive. The United States Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, which concerns medically unnecessary regulations on abortion providers, is an opportunity for the Court to uphold precedent and ensure Louisiana does not devastate peoples’ ability to get safe, legal abortion care in their communities. Anything less—allowing the Fifth Circuit and Louisiana to disregard the Court’s precedent —would open the door for states to regulate abortion out of existence for millions of families. Abortion isn’t a right if you can’t access it. The avalanche of recent state abortion restrictions, passed despite the highest levels of public support for abortion rights in decades, distorts our democracy.
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  • 2016 Political Corporate Contributions

    2016 Political Corporate Contributions

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