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OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, , TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS 8 John McCAIN 8 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 8 Write In 8 FOR k k Wayne A. ROOT k kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k k k Andrea Marie PSORAS k k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. SENATOR 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Write In 9 LAUTENBERG k ZIMMER k SCHEURER k BOSS k BROOKS k CARTER k LOBMAN k (Use keyboard k TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER OF TOWNSHIP Vote for One Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Grania Sally TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE k13 k13 Write In k13 Vote for One ALLPORT RUBIN (Use keyboard below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 435 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF BERNARDS Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. TOWNSHIP OF BERNARDS OF TOWNSHIP UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Tom Rodney Chandler HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 11th District, Vote for One WYKA FRELINGHUYSEN TEDHOLM (Use keyboard For the People below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Bill Mary E. 13 13 Write In 13 KIMZEY k PAVLINI k (Use keyboard k TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE below) Vote for Two Bill John 14 14 Write In 14 ALLEN k CARPENTER k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 465 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLE Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below)

BOROUGH OF BERNARDSVILLEBOROUGH OF Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Joseph Kerry 13 13 Write In 13 DeMARCO k KROLL k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Kate Kruesi Joseph C. 14 14 Write In 14 LINCOLN k ROSSI, Jr. k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 BERNARDSVILLE LOCAL QUESTION VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND Shall Bernardsville Borough amend the proposition approved on November 3, 1998 imposing an annual levy of two Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ($.02) cents per one hundred ($100) dollars of assessed valuation "to be used exclusively for the purposes of acquiring becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER lands for recreation and conservation purposes; acquiring farmland for farmland preservation purposes or the acquisition by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising THAN BY THE CONSTITUTION. of properties for historic preservation purposes" to provide that up to 20% of the monies, so collected on or after January public and essential governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, 1, 2009, when appropriated by ordinance, may also be used for the development of any lands or properties included in of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, agreed to by the Borough's Recreation and Open Space Inventory and/or acquired with Borough open space trust fund money for discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts recreation, conservation, farmland or historic preservation purposes, or payment of debt service on indebtedness issued appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work with jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality or incurred by the Borough for any of those purposes? bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT the Constitution? in the Constitution which requires nomination by the If this question is approved by the voters, up to 20% of the open space trust fund monies, collected on or after January INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Governor and appointment with the advice and consent 1, 2009, may be used, in the sole discretion of the governing body, for the development (but not maintenance) of any This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money of the Senate, be approved? lands or properties included in the Borough's Recreation and Open Space Inventory and/or acquired with Borough open by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT space trust fund money for recreation and conservation, farmland preservation or historic preservation purposes, or pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State This constitutional amendment would provide that the payment of debt service on indebtedness issued or incurred by the Borough for any of these purposes. For purposes of government purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement method of selection and appointment of certain municipal this question, "Development" means any improvement to a land or water area of eligible Borough property that is that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That court judges would be set by statute, rather than be designed to expand or enhance its utilization for outdoor recreation, conservation, farmland preservation or historic requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds provided for in the Constitution. These judges may preservation purposes and shall include the construction, renovation, or repair of any such improvement. This term may directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of include any of the following types of ancillary improvements to eligible Borough properties: roadways, parking, bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to central municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the landscaping, fencing, lighting, utilities, structures, and any other improvement that expands or enhances the use of meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter territorial boundaries of a county. This constitutional property for outdoor recreation, conservation, farmland preservation or historic preservation purposes. Even if not approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to amendment does not preclude the possibility that a required by law, all monies appropriated from the Open Space Trust Fund will be authorized by ordinance. If this authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if statute would continue to provide for nomination by the question is approved, there will be no increase in the current two ($.02) cent tax. the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the it does permit a statute to set forth another method of borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 741 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° Brett A. Radi OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Somerset County Clerk TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF BOUND BROOK

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BOROUGH BROOK OF BOUND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Vote for One Barack OBAMA k8 John McCAIN k8 Bob BARR k8 Gloria LaRIVA k8 Brian MOORE k8 Chuck BALDWIN k8 Cynthia McKINNEY k8 Roger CALERO k8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS k8 Ralph NADER k8 Write In k8 Joe BIDEN Sarah PALIN Wayne A. ROOT Eugene PURYEAR Darrell CASTLE Rosa CLEMENTE Alyson KENNEDY Andrea Marie PSORAS Matt GONZALEZ (Use keyboard ELECTORES PRESIDENTIALES Vote Here Vote por Uno Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Independent below) UNITED STATES SENATOR Vote for One Frank k9 Dick k9 Jason k9 Jeffrey k9 Daryl Mikell k9 J.M. k9 Sara J. k9 Write In k9 SENADOR DE LOS ESTADOS LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard UNIDOS Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Vote por Uno HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7th District, Vote for One Linda k10 Leonard k10 Michael P. k10 Thomas D. k10 Dean k10 Write In k10 STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard CASA DE REPRESENTANTES Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party Distrito 7, Vote por Uno below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. BOARD OF CHOSEN k11 k11 Write In k11 FREEHOLDERS BIRGE PALMER (Use keyboard Vote for Two below) CONSEJO DE PROPIETARIOS Doug Bob 12 12 Write In 12 ELECTOS SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k Vote por Dos below) Hal Jim k13 k13 Write In k13 BOROUGH COUNCIL DIETRICH LEFKOWITZ (Use keyboard Vote for Two below) CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Vinnie Margaret 14 14 Write In 14 Vote por Dos PETTI k LYONS k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON * PREGUNTAS PÚBLICAS A VOTAR PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential CONSTITUTION. governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather another provision of the Constitution? than as provided in the Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved? INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt appointment of certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. provided for in the Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact and judges of central municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt boundaries of a county. This constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds that a statute would continue to provide for nomination by the Governor with the advice will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 1 PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 2 LOS VOTANTES DEBEN APROBAR QUE LOS BONOS DEL ESTADO SE PAGUEN MEDIANTE CRÉDITOS PRESUPUESTARIOS DEL ESTADO ESTIPULA QUE EL MÉTODO DE SELECCIÓN Y DESIGNACIÓN DE CIERTOS ¿Aprueba usted la enmienda propuesta a la Constitución Estatal que estipula que, luego de que la Constitución se enmiende, una ley promulgada posteriormente que autorice el JUECES DEL TRIBUNAL MUNICIPAL SE ESTABLEZCA MEDIANTE ESTATUTO endeudamiento del Estado mediante la venta de bonos por parte de cualquier entidad pública empresarial autónoma, establecida ya sea como agencia del Estado o bien como una EN LUGAR DE MEDIANTE LA CONSTITUCIÓN. entidad que ejerce funciones gubernamentales esenciales y públicas, tal como una entidad estatal independiente, donde la deuda u obligación tenga una promesa de crédito ¿Se deberá aprobar la modificación del Artículo VI, Sección VI, párrafo 1 de la presupuestario anual como forma y medio de pago del interés conforme llegue a su vencimiento y del pago y cancelación del capital de dicha deuda, esté sujeta a la aprobación de los Constitución de Nueva Jersey, acordado por la Legislatura, para disponer que los jueces votantes, a menos que el pago de la deuda esté sujeto a créditos presupuestarios de una fuente de ingresos no estatal e independiente pagada por terceros por el uso del objeto o trabajo de tribunales inferiores con jurisdicción que abarque más de una municipalidad se avalados por los bonos, o bien de una fuente de ingresos estatal que de otra forma requiera de un crédito presupuestario según otra cláusula de la Constitución? designen de acuerdo a lo estipulado en la ley en lugar de lo estipulado en la Constitución, lo cual exige la nominación por parte del Gobernador y la designación con el consejo y DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA consentimiento del Senado? Esta enmienda a la Constitución Estatal requerirá que los votantes aprueben las nuevas leyes que le permitan al Estado contraer préstamos mediante la emisión de bonos a través de una agencia del Estado o entidad independiente respaldados por una promesa de crédito presupuestario anual para el pago de capital y interés de los bonos. Las nuevas leyes que DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA permitan la emisión de dichos bonos para fines del gobierno estatal estarán sujetas a la aprobación de los votantes. Las cortes estatales han dictaminado que el requisito constitucional Esta modificación constitucional estipularía que el método de selección y designación de del Estado que exige que la Legislatura y el Gobernador obtengan la aprobación de los votantes para el endeudamiento en bonos no se aplica a dichas deudas. Ese requisito sólo se ciertos jueces del tribunal municipal se establecería mediante estatuto, en lugar de aplica a los bonos del Estado propuestos que contengan una promesa vinculante y no abrogable de cancelación de la deuda en bonos con impuestos estatales. La mayoría de los bonos mediante lo dispuesto en la Constitución. Estos jueces pueden incluir jueces de tribunales del Estado pueden emitirse sin la aprobación de los votantes porque el pago de los mismos está respaldado únicamente por una promesa de que en el futuro la Legislatura y el municipales conjuntos y jueces de tribunales municipales centrales con jurisdicción que se Gobernador promulgarán créditos presupuestarios para cumplir con el pago de los bonos. Las cortes han dicho que este es un medio legal de evitar someter la emisión de deudas a la extienda hasta los límites territoriales de un condado. Esta modificación constitucional no aprobación de los votantes. Las leyes que permitan dicho endeudamiento promulgadas después de que esta enmienda pase a formar parte de la Constitución tendrán que autorizar un excluye la posibilidad de que un estatuto continuaría estipulando la nominación por parte referéndum de votantes para aprobar el endeudamiento. Se permitirán excepciones a dicho referéndum cuando se trate de bonos del Estado, si los mismos se cancelan desde 1) una del Gobernador con el consejo y consentimiento del Senado, pero sí permite que un fuente de ingresos reservada por la Constitución Estatal, que sólo los votantes pueden establecer, o bien 2) un sistema independiente no estatales fuente gubernamental de pagos para estatuto establezca otro método de selección y designación que pueda no incluir al el uso de proyectos construidos o que haya sido obtenida con el dinero prestado, como la autopista de peajes o tasas. Gobernador ni al Senado. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

889  ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF BRANCHBURG Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Write In 9 LAUTENBERG k ZIMMER k SCHEURER k BOSS k BROOKS k CARTER k LOBMAN k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party TOWNSHIP OF BRANCHBURG OF TOWNSHIP below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Roberto Robert A. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE k13 k13 Write In k13 Vote for One FOIS BOUWMAN (Use keyboard below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 293 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF BRIDGEWATER, 7TH CD Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below)

TOWNSHIP OF BRIDGEWATER, 7TH CD 7TH OF BRIDGEWATER, TOWNSHIP Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 BRIDGEWATER LOCAL QUESTION VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND Shall the Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater adopt an Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES ordinance amending Section 20-6 (Utlization of the Land) of Chapter 20 enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE (Open Space Advisory Committee) of the Municipal Code of the instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or CONSTITUTION. Township of Bridgewater, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey so as liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New to allow for the utilization of up to 25% of Open Space Trust Fund monies the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non- Jersey Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of for the development and improvement of lands acquired for recreation State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality purposes, as is permitted under N.J.S.A. 40:12-15.7(b)? be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment A yes vote will enable the Township of Bridgewater to use funds from This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved? the Open Space Trust Fund for the development and/or improvement of State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT lands acquired for recreation purposes with proceeds of the Open Space the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of Trust Fund. A yes vote will not raise the Township's open space tax. constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That selection and appointment of certain municipal court judges would be set requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most by statute, rather than be provided for in the Constitution. These judges State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to a county. This constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off that a statute would continue to provide for nomination by the Governor from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 923 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF BRIDGEWATER, 11TH CD Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Tom Rodney Chandler HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 11th District, Vote for One WYKA FRELINGHUYSEN TEDHOLM (Use keyboard For the People below)

TOWNSHIP OF BRIDGEWATER, 11TH CD 11TH OF BRIDGEWATER, TOWNSHIP Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 BRIDGEWATER LOCAL QUESTION VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND Shall the Township Council of the Township of Bridgewater adopt an Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES ordinance amending Section 20-6 (Utlization of the Land) of Chapter 20 enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE (Open Space Advisory Committee) of the Municipal Code of the instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or CONSTITUTION. Township of Bridgewater, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey so as liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New to allow for the utilization of up to 25% of Open Space Trust Fund monies the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non- Jersey Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of for the development and improvement of lands acquired for recreation State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality purposes, as is permitted under N.J.S.A. 40:12-15.7(b)? be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment A yes vote will enable the Township of Bridgewater to use funds from This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved? the Open Space Trust Fund for the development and/or improvement of State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT lands acquired for recreation purposes with proceeds of the Open Space the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of Trust Fund. A yes vote will not raise the Township's open space tax. constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That selection and appointment of certain municipal court judges would be set requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most by statute, rather than be provided for in the Constitution. These judges State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to a county. This constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off that a statute would continue to provide for nomination by the Governor from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 531 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF FAR HILLS Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below)

BOROUGH OF FAR HILLS FAR BOROUGH OF Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Jack K. No Nomination k13 Write In k13 Made TURPIN (Use keyboard BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Sheila No Nomination 14 Write In 14 TWEEDIE k (Use keyboard k Made below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL General Election Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE Elección General DEMOCRÁTICO REPUBLICANO NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN Selección Columna 1 Columna 2 POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN Personal Columna 3 Columna 4 Columna 5 Columna 6 Columna 7 Columna 8 Columna 9 Columna 10 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Vote for One Barack OBAMA k8 John McCAIN k8 Bob BARR k8 Gloria LaRIVA k8 Brian MOORE k8 Chuck BALDWIN k8 Cynthia McKINNEY k8 Roger CALERO k8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS k8 Ralph NADER k8 Write In k8 Joe BIDEN Sarah PALIN Wayne A. ROOT Eugene PURYEAR Stewart ALEXANDER Darrell CASTLE Rosa CLEMENTE Alyson KENNEDY Andrea Marie PSORAS Matt GONZALEZ (Use keyboard TOWNSHIP OF TOWNSHIP 6THFRANKLIN, CD ELECTORES PRESIDENTIALES Vote Here Vote por Uno Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Independent below) UNITED STATES SENATOR Vote for One Frank k9 Dick k9 Jason k9 Jeffrey k9 Daryl Mikell k9 J.M. k9 Sara J. k9 Write In k9 SENADOR DE LOS ESTADOS LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard UNIDOS Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Vote por Uno HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Herb 6th District, Vote for One Frank k10 Robert E. k10 k10 Write In k10 PALLONE, Jr. McLEOD TARBOUS (Use keyboard CASA DE REPRESENTANTES Regular Somerset Distrito 6, Vote por Uno Independent below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. BOARD OF CHOSEN k11 k11 Write In k11 FREEHOLDERS BIRGE PALMER (Use keyboard Vote for Two below) CONSEJO DE PROPIETARIOS Doug Bob 12 12 Write In 12 ELECTOS SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k Vote por Dos below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON * PREGUNTAS PÚBLICAS A VOTAR PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential CONSTITUTION. governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather another provision of the Constitution? than as provided in the Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved? INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt appointment of certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. provided for in the Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact and judges of central municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt boundaries of a county. This constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds that a statute would continue to provide for nomination by the Governor with the advice will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 1 PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 2 LOS VOTANTES DEBEN APROBAR QUE LOS BONOS DEL ESTADO SE PAGUEN MEDIANTE CRÉDITOS PRESUPUESTARIOS DEL ESTADO ESTIPULA QUE EL MÉTODO DE SELECCIÓN Y DESIGNACIÓN DE CIERTOS ¿Aprueba usted la enmienda propuesta a la Constitución Estatal que estipula que, luego de que la Constitución se enmiende, una ley promulgada posteriormente que autorice el JUECES DEL TRIBUNAL MUNICIPAL SE ESTABLEZCA MEDIANTE ESTATUTO endeudamiento del Estado mediante la venta de bonos por parte de cualquier entidad pública empresarial autónoma, establecida ya sea como agencia del Estado o bien como una EN LUGAR DE MEDIANTE LA CONSTITUCIÓN. entidad que ejerce funciones gubernamentales esenciales y públicas, tal como una entidad estatal independiente, donde la deuda u obligación tenga una promesa de crédito ¿Se deberá aprobar la modificación del Artículo VI, Sección VI, párrafo 1 de la presupuestario anual como forma y medio de pago del interés conforme llegue a su vencimiento y del pago y cancelación del capital de dicha deuda, esté sujeta a la aprobación de los Constitución de Nueva Jersey, acordado por la Legislatura, para disponer que los jueces votantes, a menos que el pago de la deuda esté sujeto a créditos presupuestarios de una fuente de ingresos no estatal e independiente pagada por terceros por el uso del objeto o trabajo de tribunales inferiores con jurisdicción que abarque más de una municipalidad se avalados por los bonos, o bien de una fuente de ingresos estatal que de otra forma requiera de un crédito presupuestario según otra cláusula de la Constitución? designen de acuerdo a lo estipulado en la ley en lugar de lo estipulado en la Constitución, lo cual exige la nominación por parte del Gobernador y la designación con el consejo y DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA consentimiento del Senado? Esta enmienda a la Constitución Estatal requerirá que los votantes aprueben las nuevas leyes que le permitan al Estado contraer préstamos mediante la emisión de bonos a través de una agencia del Estado o entidad independiente respaldados por una promesa de crédito presupuestario anual para el pago de capital y interés de los bonos. Las nuevas leyes que DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA permitan la emisión de dichos bonos para fines del gobierno estatal estarán sujetas a la aprobación de los votantes. Las cortes estatales han dictaminado que el requisito constitucional Esta modificación constitucional estipularía que el método de selección y designación de del Estado que exige que la Legislatura y el Gobernador obtengan la aprobación de los votantes para el endeudamiento en bonos no se aplica a dichas deudas. Ese requisito sólo se ciertos jueces del tribunal municipal se establecería mediante estatuto, en lugar de aplica a los bonos del Estado propuestos que contengan una promesa vinculante y no abrogable de cancelación de la deuda en bonos con impuestos estatales. La mayoría de los bonos mediante lo dispuesto en la Constitución. Estos jueces pueden incluir jueces de tribunales del Estado pueden emitirse sin la aprobación de los votantes porque el pago de los mismos está respaldado únicamente por una promesa de que en el futuro la Legislatura y el municipales conjuntos y jueces de tribunales municipales centrales con jurisdicción que se Gobernador promulgarán créditos presupuestarios para cumplir con el pago de los bonos. Las cortes han dicho que este es un medio legal de evitar someter la emisión de deudas a la extienda hasta los límites territoriales de un condado. Esta modificación constitucional no aprobación de los votantes. Las leyes que permitan dicho endeudamiento promulgadas después de que esta enmienda pase a formar parte de la Constitución tendrán que autorizar un excluye la posibilidad de que un estatuto continuaría estipulando la nominación por parte referéndum de votantes para aprobar el endeudamiento. Se permitirán excepciones a dicho referéndum cuando se trate de bonos del Estado, si los mismos se cancelan desde 1) una del Gobernador con el consejo y consentimiento del Senado, pero sí permite que un fuente de ingresos reservada por la Constitución Estatal, que sólo los votantes pueden establecer, o bien 2) un sistema independiente no estatales fuente gubernamental de pagos para estatuto establezca otro método de selección y designación que pueda no incluir al el uso de proyectos construidos o que haya sido obtenida con el dinero prestado, como la autopista de peajes o tasas. Gobernador ni al Senado. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

1,088  ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, 12TH CD Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Rush Alan R. David 10 10 10 Write In 10 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k k k (Use keyboard k TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN, 12TH CD FRANKLIN, 12TH OF TOWNSHIP 12th District, Vote for One HOLT BATEMAN CORSI Common Sense Ideas below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 814 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH OF TOWNSHIP Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Matthew Anthony 13 13 Write In 13 DAWSON k FERRERA k (Use keyboard k TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE below) Vote for Two Manuel "Manny" Gloria 14 14 Write In 14 FORANOCE k McCAULEY k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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BOROUGH OF MANVILLEBOROUGH OF Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Ronald Kathryn Richard M. 13 13 13 Write In 13 SKIRKANISH k QUICK k ONDERKO k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL For The Taxpayers below) Vote for Two Lou S. Steve 14 14 Write In 14 FISCHER k SZABO k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL General Election Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE Elección General DEMOCRÁTICO REPUBLICANO NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN NOMINACIÓN Selección Columna 1 Columna 2 POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN POR PETICIÓN Personal Columna 3 Columna 4 Columna 5 Columna 6 Columna 7 Columna 8 Columna 9 Columna 10 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Vote for One Barack OBAMA k8 John McCAIN k8 Bob BARR k8 Gloria LaRIVA k8 Brian MOORE k8 Chuck BALDWIN k8 Cynthia McKINNEY k8 Roger CALERO k8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS k8 Ralph NADER k8 Write In k8 Joe BIDEN Sarah PALIN Wayne A. ROOT Eugene PURYEAR Stewart ALEXANDER Darrell CASTLE Rosa CLEMENTE Alyson KENNEDY Andrea Marie PSORAS Matt GONZALEZ (Use keyboard BOROUGH OF NORTH PLAINFIELD NORTH BOROUGH OF ELECTORES PRESIDENTIALES Vote Here Vote por Uno Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Independent below) UNITED STATES SENATOR Vote for One Frank k9 Dick k9 Jason k9 Jeffrey k9 Daryl Mikell k9 J.M. k9 Sara J. k9 Write In k9 SENADOR DE LOS ESTADOS LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard UNIDOS Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Vote por Uno HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7th District, Vote for One Linda k10 Leonard k10 Michael P. k10 Thomas D. k10 Dean k10 Write In k10 STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard CASA DE REPRESENTANTES Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party Distrito 7, Vote por Uno below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. BOARD OF CHOSEN k11 k11 Write In k11 FREEHOLDERS BIRGE PALMER (Use keyboard Vote for Two below) CONSEJO DE PROPIETARIOS Doug Bob 12 12 Write In 12 ELECTOS SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k Vote por Dos below) MAYOR Vote for One Michael k13 Robert k13 Write In k13 GIORDANO, Jr. GATTO (Use keyboard ALCALDE Vote por Uno below) Robert E. Frank N. Frances 14 14 14 Write In 14 HITCHCOCK k D'AMORE, Sr. k KONCSOL k (Use keyboard k Lower Property Taxes below) BOROUGH COUNCIL Frank Barbara Gerry Vote for Three 15 15 15 Write In 15 RIGHETTI k HABEEB k DELLA-FORTUNA k (Use keyboard k CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Lower Property Taxes Vote por Tres below) Frank "Skip" Paolo 16 16 Write In 16 STABILE k LORENZI k (Use keyboard k below) BOROUGH COUNCIL Unexpired Term, Vote for One Lawrence "Larry" k17 Thomas k17 Louis L. k17 Write In k17 LaRONDE MULLEN DIXON (Use keyboard CONSEJO MUNICIPAL Lower Property Taxes Término Inexpirado below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON * PREGUNTAS PÚBLICAS A VOTAR PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 NORTH PLAINFIELD LOCAL QUESTION VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND Shall the Borough of North Plainfield be authorized to create a Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES Municipal Open Space and Historic Preservation Trust Fund and Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE impose an annual real property tax levy at a rate not exceeding entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. $0.01 per $100.00 of assessed value for any of the following independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the purposes or a combination of them:(A) Acquisition of lands for such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment New Jersey Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, providing recreation, open space and/or conservation purposes;(B) Historic of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to more preservation of historic properties, structures, facilities, sites, or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than areas or objects and the acquisition of such properties, structures, Constitution? as provided in the Constitution which requires nomination by the facilities, sites, areas or objects for historic preservation purposes; Governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the or, (C) Payment of debt service on indebtedness issued or INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Senate, be approved? incurred for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) and/or This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT (B) above.(D) The provisions of this resolution, if approved, shall through any State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the be in effect for three (3) years, until December 31, 2011, unless bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter approval. This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of certain municipal court judges would the voters of the Borough vote to renew the tax, either at the level State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded herein or at a higher rate. debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the Constitution. pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to judges of central municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the A "yes" vote on this question would allow North Plainfield meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to territorial boundaries of a county. This constitutional amendment Borough to acquire additional land, easement and/or development permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter referenda for does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to rights for open space and/or the acquisition/preservation of historic approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of provide for nomination by the Governor with the advice and properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas and/or objects of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth historic significance within the Borough by establishing a Municipal payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. another method of selection and appointment that may not involve Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Trust Fund to the Governor and the Senate. be funded annually through the collection of a dedicated open PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 1 PREGUNTA PÚBLICA NO. 2 space tax in the amount not to exceed one cent ($0.01) per one LOS VOTANTES DEBEN APROBAR QUE LOS BONOS DEL ESTADO SE PAGUEN MEDIANTE CRÉDITOS hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed value. This tax would be PRESUPUESTARIOS DEL ESTADO ESTIPULA QUE EL MÉTODO DE SELECCIÓN Y dedicated to the maintenance, improvement and/or acquisition of DESIGNACIÓN DE CIERTOS JUECES DEL TRIBUNAL ¿Aprueba usted la enmienda propuesta a la Constitución Estatal que estipula que, luego de que la Constitución se enmiende, una ley land for recreation, open space and/or conservation purposes, as promulgada posteriormente que autorice el endeudamiento del Estado mediante la venta de bonos por parte de cualquier entidad pública MUNICIPAL SE ESTABLEZCA MEDIANTE ESTATUTO EN LUGAR DE MEDIANTE LA CONSTITUCIÓN. well as the historic preservation of historic properties, structures, empresarial autónoma, establecida ya sea como agencia del Estado o bien como una entidad que ejerce funciones gubernamentales facilities, sites, areas or objects and the acquisition of such esenciales y públicas, tal como una entidad estatal independiente, donde la deuda u obligación tenga una promesa de crédito ¿Se deberá aprobar la modificación del Artículo VI, Sección VI, párrafo 1 de la Constitución de Nueva Jersey, acordado por la properties, structures, facilities, sites, areas or objects for historic presupuestario anual como forma y medio de pago del interés conforme llegue a su vencimiento y del pago y cancelación del capital de preservation purposes or for the payment of debt service or dicha deuda, esté sujeta a la aprobación de los votantes, a menos que el pago de la deuda esté sujeto a créditos presupuestarios de una Legislatura, para disponer que los jueces de tribunales inferiores con jurisdicción que abarque más de una municipalidad se indebtedness issued and/or incurred by the Borough for any and/ fuente de ingresos no estatal e independiente pagada por terceros por el uso del objeto o trabajo avalados por los bonos, o bien de una or all of these purposes. Approval would also enhance the fuente de ingresos estatal que de otra forma requiera de un crédito presupuestario según otra cláusula de la Constitución? designen de acuerdo a lo estipulado en la ley en lugar de lo estipulado en la Constitución, lo cual exige la nominación por Borough's ability to qualify for NJ State Green Acres funding under DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA parte del Gobernador y la designación con el consejo y the Planning Incentive Acquisition Program and enable the Esta enmienda a la Constitución Estatal requerirá que los votantes aprueben las nuevas leyes que le permitan al Estado contraer consentimiento del Senado? Borough to qualify, where applicable/available, for any future préstamos mediante la emisión de bonos a través de una agencia del Estado o entidad independiente respaldados por una promesa de programs not in existence which might condition a municipality's crédito presupuestario anual para el pago de capital y interés de los bonos. Las nuevas leyes que permitan la emisión de dichos bonos DECLARACIÓN INTERPRETATIVA eligibility to receive open space funds on the adoption of a tax levy para fines del gobierno estatal estarán sujetas a la aprobación de los votantes. Las cortes estatales han dictaminado que el requisito Esta modificación constitucional estipularía que el método de and the creation of a Municipal Open Space, Recreation and constitucional del Estado que exige que la Legislatura y el Gobernador obtengan la aprobación de los votantes para el endeudamiento en selección y designación de ciertos jueces del tribunal municipal se Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The provisions of this question, bonos no se aplica a dichas deudas. Ese requisito sólo se aplica a los bonos del Estado propuestos que contengan una promesa establecería mediante estatuto, en lugar de mediante lo dispuesto if approved, will be in effect until Decemner 31, 2011 unless the vinculante y no abrogable de cancelación de la deuda en bonos con impuestos estatales. La mayoría de los bonos del Estado pueden en la Constitución. Estos jueces pueden incluir jueces de voters of the Borough vote to renew this tax, either at the proposed emitirse sin la aprobación de los votantes porque el pago de los mismos está respaldado únicamente por una promesa de que en el futuro tribunales municipales conjuntos y jueces de tribunales tax rate or at a higher rate. la Legislatura y el Gobernador promulgarán créditos presupuestarios para cumplir con el pago de los bonos. Las cortes han dicho que municipales centrales con jurisdicción que se extienda hasta los este es un medio legal de evitar someter la emisión de deudas a la aprobación de los votantes. Las leyes que permitan dicho límites territoriales de un condado. Esta modificación endeudamiento promulgadas después de que esta enmienda pase a formar parte de la Constitución tendrán que autorizar un referéndum constitucional no excluye la posibilidad de que un estatuto de votantes para aprobar el endeudamiento. Se permitirán excepciones a dicho referéndum cuando se trate de bonos del Estado, si los continuaría estipulando la nominación por parte del Gobernador mismos se cancelan desde 1) una fuente de ingresos reservada por la Constitución Estatal, que sólo los votantes pueden establecer, o con el consejo y consentimiento del Senado, pero sí permite que bien 2) un sistema independiente no estatales fuente gubernamental de pagos para el uso de proyectos construidos o que haya sido un estatuto establezca otro método de selección y designación obtenida con el dinero prestado, como la autopista de peajes o tasas. que pueda no incluir al Gobernador ni al Senado. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

754  ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k

BOROUGH OF PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE PEAPACK BOROUGH OF BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Douglas No Nomination k13 Write In k13 Made McDOWELL (Use keyboard BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Anthony T. No Nomination 14 Write In 14 SURIANO k (Use keyboard k Made below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 809 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF RARITAN Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) BOROUGH OF RARITAN BOROUGH OF Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Tom Rodney Chandler HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 11th District, Vote for One WYKA FRELINGHUYSEN TEDHOLM (Use keyboard For the People below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Denise Stefanie J. 13 13 Write In 13 CARRA k GARA k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Victor J. Gregory A. 14 14 Write In 14 LAGGINI, Jr. k LOBELL k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 579 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF ROCKY HILL Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. Write In BOROUGH OF HILL ROCKY BOROUGH UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) William J. Julia Mark 13 13 13 Write In 13 O'BRIEN k HASSER k PAUSCH k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL Rocky Hill Council below) Vote for Two No Nomination No Nomination Write In 14 (Use keyboard k Made Made below) Courtney BOROUGH COUNCIL No Nomination No Nomination k15 Write In k15 One Year Unexpired Term, Vote for One WHITE (Use keyboard Made Made Rocky Hill Council below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 486 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF SOMERVILLE Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 BOROUGH OF SOMERVILLE BOROUGH OF Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Tom Rodney Chandler HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 11th District, Vote for One WYKA FRELINGHUYSEN TEDHOLM (Use keyboard For the People below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Kenneth G. Philip 13 13 Write In 13 UTTER k DECKER k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Patricia S. Patricia A. 14 14 Write In 14 WEBSTER k McCORMICK k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 588 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BOROUGH OF SOUTH BOUND BROOK Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) BOROUGH BROOK OF BOUND SOUTH Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) August Tamas "Tom" 13 13 Write In 13 CARLTON k ORMOSI k (Use keyboard k BOROUGH COUNCIL below) Vote for Two Richard Dennis 14 14 Write In 14 EICKHORST k QUINLAN k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 SOUTH BOUND BROOK LOCAL QUESTION VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND Shall the South Bound Brook Mayor and Council be authorized to establish a Length of Service Award Program for the Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL Fire Department and First Aid Squad that serve the Borough of South Bound Brook, pursuant to the following terms and becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created through the sale of bonds COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER conditions: by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising THAN BY THE CONSTITUTION. public and essential governmental functions, such as an independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, 1. The program shall provide for annual contributions to a deferred income account for each active volunteer member of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, agreed to by that meets eligibility criteria and in accordance with the schedule adopted by the South Bound Brook Mayor and Council. discharge the principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts 2. The program shall provide for contributions as credit for no more than 3 years of prior years services for each appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of the object or work with jurisdiction extending to more than one municipality eligible volunteer. bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided 3. The proposed minimum annual contribution for an active volunteer member is $1,000.00 and the maximum is the Constitution? in the Constitution which requires nomination by the $1,000.00. INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Governor and appointment with the advice and consent of the Senate, be approved? 4. The estimated cost of the program has been calculated as follows: This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money a. For regular annual services: $45,000.00 per year. by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a pledge of an annual appropriation to INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT b. For contributions for prior years of service: $45,000.00 per year for an estimated 3 years. pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State This constitutional amendment would provide that the government purposes will be subject to voter approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement method of selection and appointment of certain municipal INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That court judges would be set by statute, rather than be The South Bound Brook Mayor and Council has decided to create a Length of Service Award Program for members of requirement is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds provided for in the Constitution. These judges may the Fire Department and First Aid Squad that serve the citizens of the Borough of South Bound Brook. The general directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval because the payment of the include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of requirements for a LOSAP are set forth in State law (N.J.S.A. 40A:14-183 et seq.). bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to central municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter territorial boundaries of a county. This constitutional Each Fire Department and First Aid Squad member that performs the minimum amount of service will have $1,000.00 approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to amendment does not preclude the possibility that a deposited into a tax deferred income account that will earn interest for the volunteer. authorize voter referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if statute would continue to provide for nomination by the the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which only the voters can Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but The cost will be budgeted annually in the budget of the Borough of South Bound Brook and is anticipated to be establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the it does permit a statute to set forth another method of $45,000.00 per year. The plan adopted by the Borough of South Bound Brook provides a volunteer may earn up to 3 borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. selection and appointment that may not involve the years of previous volunteer service. The estimated annual cost of prior year service is $45,000.00 for 3 years. Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

 ABCDEFGH I JKLM . , WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE "CAST VOTE" BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE 674 O O MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON ENTERNOPQRSTUVWXYZO- O’ ° OFFICIAL SAMPLE VOTING MACHINE BALLOT Brett A. Radi TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TOWNSHIP OF WARREN Somerset County Clerk NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION NOMINATION General Election DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION BY PETITION PERSONAL Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9 Column 10 CHOICE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS Barack OBAMA 8 John McCAIN 8 Bob BARR 8 Gloria LaRIVA 8 Brian MOORE 8 Chuck BALDWIN 8 Cynthia McKINNEY 8 Roger CALERO 8 Jeffrey "Jeff" BOSS 8 Ralph NADER 8 Write In 8 FOR Joe BIDEN k Sarah PALIN k Wayne A. ROOT k Eugene PURYEAR kStewart ALEXANDER k Darrell CASTLE k Rosa CLEMENTE k Alyson KENNEDY k Andrea Marie PSORAS k Matt GONZALEZ k (Use keyboard k Vote for One Libertarian Party Socialism and Liberation Socialist Party USA Constitution Party Green Party Socialist Workers Party Vote Here Independent below) TOWNSHIP OF WARREN OF TOWNSHIP Frank Dick Jason Jeffrey Daryl Mikell J.M. Sara J. UNITED STATES SENATOR k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 k9 Write In k9 Vote for One LAUTENBERG ZIMMER SCHEURER BOSS BROOKS CARTER LOBMAN (Use keyboard Libertarian Party Boss for Senate Poor Peoples Campaign God We Trust Socialist Workers Party below) Linda Leonard Michael P. Thomas D. Dean HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES k10 k10 k10 k10 k10 Write In k10 7th District, Vote for One STENDER LANCE HSING ABRAMS GRECO (Use keyboard Hsing for Congress Prosperity not War All-Day Breakfast Party below) Cecilia Xie Peter S. 11 11 Write In 11 BIRGE k PALMER k (Use keyboard k BOARD OF CHOSEN below) FREEHOLDERS Doug Bob Vote for Two 12 12 Write In 12 SINGLETERRY k ZABOROWSKI k (Use keyboard k below) Michael A. Frank W. 13 13 Write In 13 PERCARIO k SALVATO k (Use keyboard k TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE below) Vote for Two Joseph A. Malcolm 14 14 Write In 14 PERCARIO k PLAGER k (Use keyboard k below)

PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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PUBLIC QUESTIONS TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 1 STATE PUBLIC QUESTION NO. 2 VOTERS TO APPROVE STATE AUTHORITY BONDS PAYABLE FROM STATE APPROPRIATIONS PROVIDES THAT METHOD OF SELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN Do you approve the proposed amendment to the State Constitution which provides that, after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution, a law enacted thereafter that authorizes State debt created MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGES BE SET BY STATUTE RATHER THAN BY THE through the sale of bonds by any autonomous public corporate entity, established either as an instrumentality of the State or otherwise exercising public and essential governmental functions, such as an CONSTITUTION. independent State authority, which debt or liability has a pledge of an annual appropriation as the ways and means to pay the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due and pay and discharge the Shall the amendment to Article VI, Section VI, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, principal of such debt, will be subject to voter approval, unless the payment of the debt is made subject to appropriations of an independent non-State source of revenue paid by third persons for the use of agreed to by the Legislature, providing that judges of inferior courts with jurisdiction extending to the object or work bonded for, or are from a source of State revenue otherwise required to be appropriated pursuant to another provision of the Constitution? more than one municipality be appointed as provided in law rather than as provided in the INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT Constitution which requires nomination by the Governor and appointment with the advice and This amendment to the State Constitution will require voter approval of new laws that allow the State to borrow money by issuing bonds through any State agency or independent authority backed by a consent of the Senate, be approved? pledge of an annual appropriation to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. New laws to allow the issuance of these State authority bonds for State government purposes will be subject to voter INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT approval. State courts have ruled that the State constitutional requirement that the Legislature and Governor must seek voter approval for bonded debt does not apply to such borrowing. That requirement This constitutional amendment would provide that the method of selection and appointment of is followed only for proposed State bonds that contain a binding, non-repealable pledge to pay off the bonds directly with State taxes. Most State authority bonds can be issued without voter approval certain municipal court judges would be set by statute, rather than be provided for in the because the payment of the bonds is backed only by a promise of the Legislature and the Governor that they will enact appropriations in the future to meet the bond payments. The courts have said this is a Constitution. These judges may include judges of joint municipal courts and judges of central legal means of avoiding submitting the issuance of debt for voter approval. Laws to permit such debt that are enacted after this amendment becomes part of the Constitution will have to authorize voter municipal courts with jurisdiction extending to the territorial boundaries of a county. This referenda for approval of such debts. Exceptions to voter approval for authority bonds will be permitted if the bonds are to be paid off from 1) a source of revenue dedicated by the State Constitution, which constitutional amendment does not preclude the possibility that a statute would continue to provide only the voters can establish, or 2) an independent non-State government source of payments for use of projects built or obtained with the borrowed money, such as highway tolls or user fees. for nomination by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, but it does permit a statute to set forth another method of selection and appointment that may not involve the Governor and the Senate. YES k38 NO k38 YES k38 NO k38

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