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Sample Ballot Lewis County, Washington State General Election November 06, 2012 Precinct 1 SAMPLE PASSED by the LEGISLATURE Advisory Vote No Vote Both Sides Sample Ballot Lewis County, Washington State General Election November 06, 2012 Precinct 1 SAMPLE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE Advisory Vote No. 2 Congressional Dist 3 AND ORDERED REFERRED BY Substitute House Bill 2590 U.S. Representative PETITION The legislature extended, without a vote of the people, expiration of a tax on possession of Jaime Herrera Beutler Referendum Measure No. 74 petroleum products and reduced the tax rate, (Prefers Republican Party) The legislature passed Engrossed Substitute costing $24,000,000, in its first ten years, for Senate Bill 6239 concerning marriage for government spending. Jon T. Haugen same-sex couples, modified This tax increase should be: domestic-partnership law, and religious (Prefers Democratic Party) freedom, and voters have filed a sufficient Repealed Write-in referendum petition on this bill. This bill would allow same-sex couples to marry, preserve Maintained domestic partnerships only for seniors, and preserve the right of clergy or religious organizations to refuse to perform, recognize, or accommodate any marriage ceremony. Should this bill be: President and Vice-President Governor of the United States Jay Inslee Approved Barack Obama (Prefers Democratic Party) 11000010100061 Rejected and Joe Biden Democratic Party Nominees Rob McKenna PROPOSED TO THE (Prefers Republican Party) LEGISLATURE AND REFERRED Mitt Romney TO THE PEOPLE and Paul Ryan Write-in Initiative Measure No. 502 Republican Party Nominees Initiative Measure No. 502 concerns Gary Johnson marijuana. This measure would license and Lt. Governor regulate marijuana production, distribution, and James P. Gray Brad Owen and possession for persons over twenty-one; Libertarian Party Nominees remove state-law criminal and civil penalties (Prefers Democrat Party) for activities that it authorizes; tax marijuana Virgil Goode Bill Finkbeiner sales; and earmark marijuana-related and James N. Clymer revenues. (Prefers Republican Party) Should this measure be enacted into law? Constitution Party Nominees Write-in Yes Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala No Green Party Nominees Secretary of State PROPOSED TO THE PEOPLE BY Peta Lindsay Kim Wyman THE LEGISLATURE-AMENDMENT and Yari Osorio (Prefers Republican Party) TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION Socialism & Liberation Party Engrossed Senate Joint Nominees Kathleen Drew Resolution No. 8221 James Harris (Prefers Democratic Party) Test Ballot The Legislature has proposed a constitutional Test Ballot amendment on implementing the Commission and Alyson Kennedy Write-in on State Debt recommendations regarding Socialist Workers Party Washington's debt limit. This amendment Nominees would, starting July 1, 2014, phase-down the State Treasurer debt limit percentage in three steps from nine Ross C. (Rocky) to eight percent and modify the calculation Jim McIntire PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE date, calculation period, and the term general Anderson PETITION state revenues. and Luis J. Rodriguez (Prefers Democratic Party) Should this constitutional amendment be: Initiative Measure No. 1185 Justice Party Nominees Sharon Hanek Initiative Measure No. 1185 concerns tax and Approved Write-in (Prefers Republican Party) fee increases imposed by state government. This measure would restate existing statutory Rejected Write-in requirements that legislative actions raising taxes must be approved by two-thirds Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223 READ: Each candidate for President legislative majorities or receive voter approval, The Legislature has proposed a constitutional and Vice President is the official and that new or increased fees require State Auditor amendment on investments by the University nominee of a political party. For majority legislative approval. of Washington and Washington State James Watkins Should this measure be enacted into law? University. This amendment would create an other partisan offices, each exception to constitutional restrictions on candidate may state a political party (Prefers Republican Party) Yes investing public funds by allowing these that he or she prefers. A candidate's Troy Kelley universities to invest specified public funds as preference does not imply that the No authorized by the legislature, including in (Prefers Democratic Party) private companies or stock. candidate is nominated or endorsed Initiative Measure No. 1240 Should this constitutional amendment be: by the party, or that the party Write-in Initiative Measure No. 1240 concerns creation approves of or associates with that of a public charter school system. This Approved candidate. measure would authorize up to forty publicly-funded charter schools open to all Rejected U.S.Senator Attorney General students, operated through approved, Bob Ferguson nonreligious, nonprofit organizations, with ADVISORY VOTE OF THE PEOPLE Maria Cantwell 500000011131 government oversight; and modify certain laws (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Democratic Party) applicable to them as public schools. Advisory Vote No. 1 Should this measure be enacted into law? Engrossed Senate Bill 6635 Michael Baumgartner Reagan Dunn 1023031162 The legislature eliminated, without a vote of (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) Yes the people, a business and occupation tax deduction for certain financial institutions' Write-in Write-in No interest on residential loans, costing $170,000,000, in its first ten years, for government spending. This tax increase should be: Repealed Maintained Vote Both Sides Vote Both Sides Sample Ballot Lewis County, Washington State General Election November 06, 2012 Precinct 1 SAMPLE Commissioner of Public Lands Legislative Dist 20 State Superior Court Judge Dept. 2 Peter J. Goldmark Representative Pos. 1 James W. Lawler Richard DeBolt (Prefers Democratic Party) Write-in Clint Didier (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) Write-in Superior Court Judge Dept. 3 Write-in Richard L. Brosey Legislative Dist 20 State Representative Pos. 2 Write-in Ed Orcutt Superintendent of Public Instruction (Prefers Republican Party) PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Randy I. Dorn John Morgan PUD Commissioner Dist No. 2 (Prefers Republican Party) Write-in Dean Dahlin Write-in 11000010200068 James H. Hubenthal Write-in Insurance Commissioner CITY OF MORTON Mike Kreidler County Commissioner Dist No. 1 Annexation of the City of Morton to (Prefers Democratic Party) Edna J. Fund (Prefers Republican Party) the Timberland Regional Library John R. Adams (Prefers Republican Party) Ron Averill Shall the City of Morton be annexed to and be a part of the Timberland Regional Library? (Prefers Republican Party) Write-in Write-in Yes Legislative Dist 19 State Senator No County Commissioner Dist No. 2 Brian Hatfield FIRE DISTRICT Bill Schulte (Prefers Democratic Party) Lewis County Fire Protection (Prefers Republican Party) Rick Winsman District No. 6-Chehalis Gerald O. Lord PROPOSITION TO RENEW A REGULAR (Prefers Republican Party) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (Prefers Republican Party) PROPERTY TAX LEVY. Write-in The Board of Fire Commissioners of Lewis Write-in County Fire Protection District No. 6 adopted Resolution No. 200-000-124 concerning a Test Ballot Test Ballot Legislative Dist 19 State proposition to renew the District's expiring EMS Levy. The proposition would authorize Representative Pos. 1 the Board of Fire Commissioners to renew the Dean Takko expiring EMS levy and continue to fund Supreme Court Justice Pos. 2 emergency medical services for its citizens by (Prefers Democratic Party) imposing a regular property tax levy of $.25 Susan Owens per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for each Dixie Kolditz of ten consecutive years to be collected (Prefers Republican Party) Write-in beginning in 2013 subject to applicable statutory limitations. Should this proposition be Write-in enacted into law? Supreme Court Justice Pos. 8 6 Yr Short and Full Term Yes Legislative Dist 19 State Steve Gonzalez No Representative Pos. 2 Brian E. Blake Write-in (Prefers Democratic Party) Tim Sutinen Supreme Court Justice Pos. 9 (Prefers Independent Party) Sheryl Gordon McCloud Write-in Richard B. Sanders Write-in Legislative Dist 20 State Senator Dan Swecker Court of Appeals, Division 2, (Prefers Republican Party) 500000011228 District 3, Judge Position 1 John E. Braun Joel Penoyar 1023031162 (Prefers Republican Party) Write-in Write-in Superior Court Judge Dept. 1 Nelson E. Hunt Write-in Vote Both Sides Vote Both Sides Sample Ballot Lewis County, Washington State General Election November 06, 2012 Precinct 1 SAMPLE PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE Advisory Vote No. 2 Congressional Dist 3 AND ORDERED REFERRED BY Substitute House Bill 2590 U.S. Representative PETITION The legislature extended, without a vote of the people, expiration of a tax on possession of Jaime Herrera Beutler Referendum Measure No. 74 petroleum products and reduced the tax rate, (Prefers Republican Party) The legislature passed Engrossed Substitute costing $24,000,000, in its first ten years, for Senate Bill 6239 concerning marriage for government spending. Jon T. Haugen same-sex couples, modified This tax increase should be: domestic-partnership law, and religious (Prefers Democratic Party) freedom, and voters have filed a sufficient Repealed Write-in referendum petition on this bill. This bill would allow same-sex couples to marry, preserve Maintained domestic partnerships only for seniors, and preserve the right of clergy or religious organizations to refuse to perform, recognize, or accommodate any marriage ceremony. Should this bill be: President and Vice-President Governor
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