Sample Ballot General Election November 6, 2012
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KANSAS CITY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Sample Ballot General Election November 6, 2012 Instructions to Voters: Completely darken the oval to the left of your choice as shown. Use pencil, black or blue pen. Do not use red ink. A vote for candidates for President and Vice President is a vote for their electors. DO NOT ERASE SAMPLE BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2012 KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN LIBERTARIAN CONSTITUTION (DEM) (REP) (LIB) (CON) Instructions to Voters: Completely darken the oval to the left of your choice as shown. Use pencil, black or blue pen. Do not use red ink. A vote for candidates for president and vice president is a vote for their electors. DO NOT ERASE VOTE FOR ONE For President and Vice President Barack Obama Dem Joe Biden Mitt Romney Rep Paul Ryan Gary Johnson Lib James P. Gray Virgil Goode Con Jim Clymer ___________________ Write-in For U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill Dem Todd Akin Rep Jonathan Dine Lib ___________________ Write-in For Governor Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon Dem David (Dave) Spence Rep Jim Higgins Lib ___________________ Write-in For Lieutenant Governor Susan Montee Dem Rep Peter Kinder Matthew Copple Lib Cynthia L. Davis Con ___________________ Write-in For Secretary Of State Jason Kander Dem Shane Schoeller Rep Cisse W. Spragins Lib Justin Harter Con ___________________ Write-in For State Treasurer Clint Zweifel Dem Cole McNary Rep Sean O’Toole Lib ___________________ Write-in For Attorney General Chris Koster Dem Ed Martin Rep Dave Browning Lib ___________________ Write-in For U.S. Representative 5th District Emanuel5th District: Cleaver II Dem Jacob Turk Rep Randall (Randy) Langkraehr Lib ___________________ Write-in For State Senate 7th District: Jason Holsman Dem ___________________ Write-in 9th District: Shalonn (Kiki) Curls Dem ___________________ Write-in 11th District: Paul LeVota Dem ___________________ Write-in For State Representative 19th District: John Joseph Rizzo Dem ___________________ Write-in 22nd District: Brandon Ellington Dem ___________________ Write-in 23rd District: Randy D. Dunn Dem ___________________ Write-in 24th District: Judy Morgan Dem Jonathan Sternberg Rep ___________________ Write-in 25th District: J eremy LaFaver Dem Sally Miller Rep ___________________ SallyWrite Miller-in 26th District: Gail McCann Beatty Dem ___________________ Write-in 27th District: Bonnaye V. Mims Dem ___________________ Write-in 28th District: Tom McDonald Dem J im Aziere Rep ___________________ Write-in 29th District: John Sutton Dem Noel Torpey Rep ___________________ Write-in 30th District: Shere Alam Dem Mike Cierpiot Rep ___________________ Write-in 35th District: Gary Cross Rep __________________ Write-in 36th District: Kevin McManus Dem __________________ Write-in 37th District: Joe Runions Dem Nola Wood Rep ___________________ Write-in 56th District: Patty Johnson Dem Chris Molendorp Rep ___________________ Write-in For Sheriff - Jackson County Mike Sharp Dem __________________ Write-in For Prosecuting Attorney - Jackson County Jean Peters Baker Dem __________________ Write-in OFFICIAL JUDICIAL BALLOT STATE OF MISSOURI TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 Submitting to the voters whether the Judges named below, whose terms expire December 31, 2012, shall be retained in office for new terms. VOTE ON EACH JUDGE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE Shall Judge GEORGE W. DRAPER III of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, WESTERN DISTRICT Shall Judge CYNTHIA LYNETTE MARTIN of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Shall Judge THOMAS H. NEWTON of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Shall Judge GARY D. WITT of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) CIRCUIT JUDGE 16th Judicial Circuit Division No. 4 Shall Judge JUSTINE E. DEL MURO, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 5 Shall Judge JAMES F. KANATZAR, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 13 Shall Judge CHARLES H. MCKENZIE, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 16 Shall Judge MARCO A. ROLDAN, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 17 Shall Judge JACK GRATE, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE 16th Judicial Circuit Division No. 26 Shall Judge KENNETH R. GARRETT, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 28 Shall Judge VERNON E. SCOVILLE, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) Division No. 32 Shall Judge ROBERT L. TROUT, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 16, be retained in office? YES NO (Darken the oval beside the answer you prefer) OFFICIAL BALLOT STATE OF MISSOURI GENERAL ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 Proposed by the 96th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SJR 51 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to: appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor’s appointees be nonlawyers? There are no estimated costs or savings expected if this proposal is approved by voters. YES NO INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS If you are in favor of this amendment, completely darken the oval beside “YES.” If you are opposed to this amendment, completely darken the oval beside “NO.” STATUTORY MEASURES PROPOSITION A PROPOSITION B Proposed by Initiative Petition Proposed by Initiative Petition darkenShall Missouri the oval law beside be amended “YES”. to: Shall Missouri law be amended to: If you are opposed to this amendment, • allow any city not within a county (the • create the Health and Education Trust City of St. Louis) the option of Fund with proceeds of a tax of $0.0365 transferring certain obligations and per cigarette and 25% of the control of the city’s police force from manufacturer’s invoice price for roll-your- the board of police commissioners own tobacco and 15% for other currently appointed by the governor to tobacco products; the city and establishing a municipal police force; • use Fund proceeds to reduce and prevent tobacco use and for elementary, • establish certain procedures and secondary, college, and university requirements for governing such a public school funding; and municipal police force including residency, rank, salary, benefits, • increase the amount that certain insurance, and pension; and tobacco product manufacturers must maintain in their escrow accounts, to pay • prohibit retaliation against any judgments or settlements, before any employee of such municipal police funds in escrow can be refunded to the force who reports conduct believed to tobacco product manufacturer and be illegal to a superior, government create bonding requirements for these agency, or the press? manufacturers? State governmental entities estimated Estimated additional revenue to state savings will eventually be up to $500,000 government is $283 million to $423 million annually. Local governmental entities annually with limited estimated estimated annual potential savings of $3.5 implementation costs or savings. The million; however, consolidation decisions with revenue will fund only programs and an unknown outcome may result in the services allowed by the proposal. The fiscal savings being more or less than estimated. impact to local governmental entities is unknown. Escrow fund changes may result YES in an unknown increase in future state revenue. NO YES NO INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS If you are in favor of this question, completely darken the oval beside “YES.” If you are opposed to this question, completely darken the oval beside “NO.” PROPOSITION E Proposed by the 96th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SB 464 Shall Missouri law be amended to prohibit the Governor or any state agency, from establishing or operating state-based health insurance exchanges unless authorized by a vote of the people or by the legislature? No direct costs or savings for state and local governmental entities are expected from this proposal. Indirect costs or savings related to enforcement actions, missed federal funding, avoided implementation costs, and other issues are unknown. YES NO INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS If you are in favor of this question, completely darken the oval beside “YES.” If you are opposed to this question, completely darken the oval beside “NO.” OFFICIAL BALLOT CITY OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SPECIAL ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 QUESTION NO. 1 (Judges Retirement Age) Should the Charter of Kansas City be amended by increasing the mandatory retirement age of Municipal Judges from 65 to 70 years of age to match that of state judges? YES NO INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS If you are in favor of this question, completely darken the oval beside “YES.” If you are opposed to this question, completely darken the oval beside “NO.” OFFICIAL BALLOT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SPECIAL ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012 FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR SUB-DISTRICT TWO Term Expires 2014 VOTE FOR ONE Gunnar Hand Stephen Himes __________________ Write-in Instructions to Voters: Completely darken the oval to the left of your choice. .