2008 General Election Composite Sample Ballot

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This is a composite ballot showing all candidates and question in Douglas County. Douglas County voters will vote on a ballot specific to their precinct. SAMPLE BALLOT

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BALLOT Vote Both Sides 2008 General Election Douglas County, Colorado November 04, 2008 SAMPLEPrecinct Sample-All Amendment 46 Amendment 50 Amendment 52 Amendment 55 Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado SHALL THERE BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado BALLOT constitution concerning a prohibition against COLORADO CONSTITUTION CONCERNING constitution concerning the allocation of constitution concerning cause for employee discrimination by the state, and, in connection VOTER-APPROVED REVISIONS TO revenues from the state severance tax discharge or suspension, and, in connection therewith, prohibiting the state from LIMITED GAMING, AND, IN CONNECTION imposed on minerals and mineral fuels other therewith, requiring an employer to establish discriminating against or granting preferential THEREWITH, ALLOWING THE LOCAL than oil shale that are extracted in the state, and document just cause for the discharge or treatment to any individual or group on the VOTERS IN CENTRAL CITY, BLACK HAWK, and, in connection therewith, for fiscal years suspension of a full-time employee; defining basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national AND CRIPPLE CREEK TO EXTEND CASINO commencing on or after July 1, 2008, requiring "just cause" to mean specified types of BALLOTorigin in the operation of public employment, HOURS OF OPERATION, APPROVED half of the revenues to be credited to the local employee misconduct and substandard job public education, or public contracting; GAMES TO INCLUDE ROULETTE AND government severance tax fund and the performance, the filing of bankruptcy by the allowing exceptions to the prohibition when CRAPS OR BOTH, AND MAXIMUM SINGLE remaining revenues to be SAMPLEcredited first to the employer, or documented economic bona fide qualifications based on sex are BETS UP TO $100; ADJUSTING severance tax trust fund until an annually circumstances that directly and adversely reasonably necessary or when action is DISTRIBUTIONS TO CURRENT GAMING calculated limit is reached and then to a new affect the employer; exempting from the just necessary to establish or maintain eligibility for FUND RECIPIENTS FOR GROWTH IN Colorado transportation trust fund, which may cause requirement business entities that BALLOT federal funds; preserving the validity of court GAMING TAX REVENUE DUE TO be used only to fund the construction, employ fewer than twenty employees, orders or consent decrees in effect at the time VOTER-APPROVED REVISIONS IN maintenance, and supervision of public nonprofit organizations that employ fewer than the measure becomes effective; defining GAMING; DISTRIBUTING 78% OF THE highways in the state, giving first priority to one thousand employees, governmental "state" to include the state of Colorado, REMAINING GAMING TAX REVENUE FROM reducing congestion on the Interstate 70 entities, and employees who are covered by a agencies or departments of the state, public THIS AMENDMENT FOR STUDENT corridor? collective bargaining agreement that requires institutions of higher education, political FINANCIAL AID AND CLASSROOM just cause for discharge or suspension; subdivisions, or governmentalBALLOT INSTRUCTION AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES allowing an employee who believes he or she instrumentalities of or within the state; and ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION OF was discharged or suspended without just making portions of the measure found invalid THEIR RESPECTIVE STUDENT Vote Yes or No cause to fileSAMPLE a civil action in state district court; severable from the remainder of the measure? ENROLLMENTS, AND 22% FOR LOCAL allowing a court that finds an employee's Yes GAMING IMPACTS IN GILPIN AND TELLER discharge or suspension to be in violation of BALLOT COUNTIES AND THE CITIES OF CENTRAL No this amendment to award reinstatement in the CITY, BLACK HAWK, AND CRIPPLE CREEK employee's former job, back wages, damages, ACCORDING TO THE PROPORTION OF or any combination thereof; and allowing the Vote Yes or No Amendment 53 INCREASED TAX REVENUE FROM court to award attorneys fees to the prevailing Yes Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado SAMPLE VOTER-APPROVED REVISIONS IN EACH Revised Statutes extending the criminal party? CITY OR COUNTY; AND REQUIRING ANY No liability of a business entity to its executive INCREASE INBALLOT GAMING TAXES FROM THE officials for the entity's failure to perform a LEVELS IMPOSED AS OF JULY 1, 2008 TO Amendment 47 specific duty imposed by law, and, in BE APPROVED AT A STATEWIDE Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado connection therewith, conditioning an Vote Yes or No SAMPLE ELECTION, IF LOCAL VOTERS IN ONE OR constitution concerning participation in a labor executive official's liability upon his or her MORE CITIES HAVE APPROVED ANY Yes organization as a condition of employment, knowledge of the duty imposed by law and of REVISION TO LIMITED GAMING? BALLOT and, in connection therewith, prohibiting an the business entity's failure to perform such No employer from requiring that a person be a duty; and allowing an executive official who member and pay any moneys to a labor discloses to the attorney general all facts Amendment 56 known to the official concerning a business's ot organization or to any other third party in lieu Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado ot l of payment to a labor organization and criminal conduct to use that disclosure as an l SAMPLE Vote Yes or No Constitution concerning health care coverage creating a misdemeanor criminal penalty for a affirmative defense to criminal charges? for employees, and, in connection therewith, Yes Bal person who violates the provisions of the BALLOTrequiring employers that regularly employ Bal e section? No twenty or more employees to provide major e medical health care coverage to their SAMPLE Amendment 51 Vote Yes or No employees; excluding the state and its political SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED Yes subdivisions from the definition of "employer"; Vote Yes or No $186.1 MILLION ANNUALLY AFTER FULL allowing an employer to provide such health Sam pl No Sam pl Yes IMPLEMENTATION BY AN AMENDMENT TO care coverage either directly through a carrier, THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES company, or organization or acting as a self BALLOT No Amendment 54 CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE insurer, or indirectly by paying premiums to a SAMPLESTATE SALES AND USE TAX TO PROVIDE Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado health insurance authority to be created Amendment 48 FUNDING FOR LONG TERM SERVICES FOR constitution concerning restrictions on pursuant to this measure that will contract with Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL campaign contributions, and, in connection health insurance carriers, companies, and constitution defining the term "person" to therewith, prohibiting the holder BALLOTof contracts organizations to provide coverage to DISABILITIES, AND, IN CONNECTION include any human being from the moment of THEREWITH, INCREASING THE RATE OF totaling $100,000 or more, as indexed for employees; providing that employees shall not fertilization as "person" is used in those inflation, awarded by state or local SAMPLE THE STATE SALES AND USE TAX be required to pay more than twenty percent provisions of the Colorado constitution relating BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2009, BY governments without competitive bidding of the premium for such coverage for to inalienable rights, equality of justice, and ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT IN EACH ("sole source government contracts"), themselves and more than thirty percent of due process of law? OF THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS; including certain collective bargaining such coverage for the employees' dependents; PERMITTING THE STATE TO RETAIN AND agreements, from making a contribution for the financing the costs of administering the health BALLOT SPEND ALL REVENUES FROM THE NEW benefit of a political party or candidate for insurance authority and health care coverage TAX, NOTWITHSTANDING THE STATE elective office during the term of the contracts provided through the authority with premiums Vote Yes or No SAMPLESPENDING LIMIT; REQUIRING AN AMOUNT and for 2 years thereafter; disqualifying a paid by employers to the authority and, if Yes EQUAL TO THE NET REVENUE FROM THE person who makes a contribution in a ballot necessary, such revenue sources other than NEW TAX TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE issue election from entering into a sole source the state general BALLOTfund as determined by the No NEWLY CREATED DEVELOPMENTAL government contract related to the ballot issue; general assembly; directing the general DISABILITIES LONG-TERM SERVICES and imposing liability and penalties on contract assembly to enact such laws as are Amendment 49 CASH FUND; REQUIRING THE MONEY IN holders, certain of their owners, officers and necessary to implement the measure; and Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado THE FUND TO BE USED TO PROVIDE directors, and government officials for setting the effective date of the measure to be SAMPLE constitution concerning deductions from LONG-TERM SERVICES FOR PERSONS violations of the amendment? no later than November 1, 2009? governmental payroll systems, and, in WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; BALLOT connection therewith, prohibiting a AND PROHIBITING REDUCTIONS IN THE governmental payroll system from taking a LEVEL OF STATE APPROPRIATIONS IN payroll deduction from any government THE ANNUAL GENERALSAMPLE APPROPRIATION Vote Yes or No employee except deductions required by Vote Yes or No BILL EXISTING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE Yes federal law, tax withholdings, judicial liens and OF THIS MEASURE FOR LONG-TERM Yes BALLOT garnishments, deductions for individual or SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH No No group health benefits or other insurance, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES? deductions for pension or retirement plans or systems, or other savings or investment SAMPLE programs, and charitable deductions? 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l GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO USE THE l 5% OF TOTAL GROSS INCOME FROM THE No AND IMPROVEMENT OF WATER AND SAMPLE MONEYS IN THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT; SALE OF OIL AND GAS EXTRACTED IN THE SEWER SYSTEMS AND ROADWAYS ESTABLISHING THE PURPOSES FOR WITHIN THE TOWN, AND TO REDUCE THE Bal STATE WHEN THE AMOUNT OF ANNUAL CITY OF LITTLETON ISSUE 2A: Bal WHICH MONEYS IN THE SAVINGS BALLOTNEED TO INCREASE WATER AND SEWER GROSS INCOME IS AT LEAST $300,000; SHALL THE CITY OF LITTLETON, e ACCOUNT MAY BE SPENT; ESTABLISHING e ELIMINATING A CREDIT AGAINST THE COLORADO, WITHOUT CREATING ANY FEES TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES. A MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT MAY BE IN THE SAMPLE SEVERANCE TAX FOR PROPERTY TAXES NEW TAX OR INCREASING ANY CURRENT SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN ANY STATE FISCAL PAID BY OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS AND TAXES, BE AUTHORIZED TO RETAIN AND YEAR; AND ALLOWING THE GENERAL INTEREST OWNERS; REDUCING THE SPEND ALL TAXES, GRANTS AND OTHER

Sam pl ASSEMBLY TO TRANSFER MONEYS FROM Sam pl LEVEL OF PRODUCTION THAT QUALIFIES REVENUES RECEIVED IN 2007 IN EXCESS THE GENERAL FUND TO THE STATE Vote Yes or No WELLS FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE OF LIMITATIONS ESTABLISHED BY EDUCATION FUND, SO LONG AS CERTAIN Yes BALLOT TAX; EXEMPTING REVENUES FROM THE ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE OBLIGATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION TAX AND RELATED INVESTMENT INCOME COLORADO CONSTITUTION USING SUCH No FUNDING ARE MET? SAMPLEFROM STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES ONLY FOR CAPITAL SPENDING LIMITS; AND REQUIRING THE PROJECTS TO INCLUDE SOME OR ALL OF TAX REVENUES TO BE CREDITED AS THE FOLLOWING USES AND BALLOT FOLLOWS: (A) 22% TO THE SEVERANCE ALLOCATIONS DEPENDING ON THE TAX TRUST FUND, (B) 22% TO THE LOCAL AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS: 1. STREET SAMPLE GOVERNMENT SEVERANCE TAX FUND, Vote Yes or No PAVING, $967,608; 2. RENOVATION OF AND (C) 56% TO A NEW SEVERANCE TAX Yes FIRE STATION #11, $341,300; 3. STABILIZATION TRUST FUND, OF WHICH AUTOMATED FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM 60% IS USED TO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS No FOR BEMIS LIBRARY, $150,008; 4. BALLOT FOR COLORADO RESIDENTS ATTENDING CONVERSION OF ALL FLASHING SCHOOL STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, Referendum L ZONE SIGNAGE FROM ANALOG TO FIBER 15% TO FUND THE PRESERVATIONSAMPLE OF An amendment to section 4 of article V of the OPTIC, $71,500; 5. REPLACEMENT OF FIRE NATIVE WILDLIFE HABITAT, 10% TO FUND constitution of the state of Colorado, TRAINING BURN BUILDING, $100,000; RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ENERGY concerning the ability of an elector of the state TOTAL ESTIMATE 2009 ALLOCATION, BALLOT EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, 10% TO FUND of Colorado who has attained the age of $1,630,400; AND RETAIN AND SPEND IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN twenty one years to serve as a member of the 2008 AND THEREAFTER ALL REVENUES COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES Colorado general assembly. EQUAL TO THE HIGHEST TOTAL IMPACTED BY THE SEVERANCE OF OIL REVENUES FOR 2007 ADJUSTED EACH SAMPLE AND GAS, AND 5% TO FUND COMMUNITY SUBSEQUENT YEAR FOR INFLATION, THE DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN LOCAL TREATMENT GRANTS? Vote Yes or No GROWTH, THE QUALIFICATION OR BALLOT DISQUALIFICATION OF ENTERPRISES, Yes AND DEBT SERVICE CHANGES? No SAMPLE Vote Yes or No Referendum M BALLOT Yes Shall section 7 of article XVIII of the state constitution concerning outdated, obsolete Vote Yes or No No provisions regarding land value increase be Yes repealed? SAMPLE BALLOT No Vote Yes or No Yes SAMPLE No SAMPLE BALLOT SAMPLE Vote Both Sides

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l TAXES AND ANY INVESTMENT INCOME Yes SHALL THE DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO SUCH BONDS TO BE SOLD IN ONE SERIES l SAMPLETHEREON BE COLLECTED, RETAINED, COLLECT, RETAIN, AND SPEND ALL OR MORE, FOR A PRICE ABOVE OR AND SPENT BY THE CITY IN THE FISCAL No REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE BELOW THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF Bal Bal YEAR 2009 AND IN EACH FISCAL YEAR BALLOTEARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH SERIES, ON TERMS AND e THEREAFTER AS A VOTER-APPROVED SUCH REVENUES AS A VOTER APPROVED CONDITIONS, AND WITH SUCH e REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION MATURITIES AS PERMITTED BY LAW AND SAMPLE ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING, OR TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD AS THE DISTRICT MAY DETERMINE, OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN OTHERWISE APPLY UNDER ARTICLE X, INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR

Sam pl ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO REDEMPTION OF THE BONDS PRIOR TO Sam pl COLORADO CONSTITUTION, THE LIMITS CONSTITUTION? MATURITY WITH OR WITHOUT PAYMENT BALLOT IMPOSED ON INCREASES IN PROPERTY OF THE PREMIUM OF NOT TO EXCEED TAXATION BY SECTION 29-1-301, C.R.S. IN THREE PERCENT; AND SHALL THE SAMPLEANY YEAR, OR ANY OTHER LAW WHICH DISTRICT BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE PURPORTS TO LIMIT THE CITY'S DEBT TO REFUND THE DEBT AUTHORIZED REVENUES OR EXPENDITURES AS IT Vote Yes or No BALLOTIN THIS QUESTION, PROVIDED THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS OR AS IT MAY BE AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH Yes AMENDED IN THE FUTURE, ALL WITHOUT REFUNDING DEBT THE TOTAL SAMPLE LIMITING IN ANY YEAR THE AMOUNT OF No OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF OTHER REVENUES THAT MAY BE ALL DEBT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT BY QUESTION DOES NOT EXCEED THE THE CITY? MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BALLOT ABOVE, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT ALL DEBT ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT SAMPLE PURSUANT TO THIS QUESTION IS ISSUED ON TERMS THAT DO NOT EXCEED THE REPAYMENT COSTS AUTHORIZED IN THIS Vote Yes or No QUESTION; ANDBALLOT SHALL SUCH TAX Yes REVENUES AND THE EARNINGS FROM THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH BOND No PROCEEDS AND TAX REVENUES BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT AS A SAMPLE VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE UNDER ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE BALLOT COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY SAMPLE OTHER LAW? BALLOT

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2008 General Election Douglas County, Colorado November 04, 2008 SAMPLEPrecinct Sample-All DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES ISSUE 5A: SHALL DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES' BALLOT TAXES BE INCREASED BY $4,676,000 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST YEAR (2009) AND EACH YEAR THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE RAISED FROM A PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IMPOSED AT AN INITIAL RATE OF 1 (ONE) BALLOTMILL FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS, WITH A REQUIRED REDUCTION IN SUCH MILL LEVY TO A RATE OF 0.6 MILLS SAMPLE THEREAFTER, ALL FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING AND OPERATING LIBRARY FACILITIES BALLOT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW LIBRARIES IN PARKER, LONE TREE AND CASTLE PINES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN FACILITIES AT CASTLE ROCK AND HIGHLANDS RANCH; SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES BE FIRST APPLIEDBALLOT TO CAPITAL LEASES FOR THE TWENTY-YEAR PERIOD TO ENABLE DOUGLAS COUNTY SAMPLE LIBRARIES TO ACHIEVE ITS CONSTRUCTIONAND IMPROVEMENT BALLOT PROJECT PLAN; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAXES AND THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON CONSTITUTE A VOTER-APPROVED SAMPLE REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND AN BALLOT EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATION SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE SAMPLE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES? BALLOT

Vote Yes or No ot ot SAMPLEl Yes l No Bal BALLOT Bal e QUESTION 6A LOCAL IMPROVEMENT e DISTRICT - DOUGLAS COUNTY - PAYABLE SAMPLE SOLELY FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS SHALL DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO, DEBT BE INCREASED $571,444 WITH A Sam pl Sam pl REPAYMENT COST OF $971,455 BY THE BALLOT ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAMPLEFINANCING CERTAIN ROADWAY AND WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINE IMPROVEMENTS (ONLY SUCH BALLOT IMPROVEMENTS AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THE RELATED RESOLUTION SAMPLE CREATING THE DISTRICT) WITHIN DOUGLAS COUNTY LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 08-01 (ELATI / SHRINE 2008). AND TO BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO BE LEVIED BALLOT AGAINST PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT RECEIVING THE SPECIAL BENEFIT OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS?SAMPLE BALLOT

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