Sample Ballot Durham County, G0021 November 6, 2012 *G0021* A Ballot Style G0021 B C

BALLOT MARKING INSTRUCTIONS: PARTISAN OFFICES a. With the marking device provided or a black NC Secretary of State ball point pen, completely fill in the oval Q to (You may vote for ONE) the left of each candidate or selection of your US House of Representatives choice, like this: R District 6 b. Where authorized, you may write in a (You may vote for ONE) Elaine Marshall candidate by filling in the oval and writing the Democrat name on the Write-in line. Tony Foriest Ed Goodwin c. If you tear, deface or wrongly mark this ballot, Democrat Republican return it to request a replacement. Howard Coble NC Superintendent of Republican Public Instruction PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST NC Governor (You may vote for ONE) The offices of President and Vice President of (You may vote for ONE) June Atkinson the United States are not included in a Democrat Straight Party vote. This contest must be voted separately. Walter H. Dalton John Tedesco Democrat Republican President and Vice President Pat McCrory Republican NC Treasurer of the United States (You may vote for ONE) (You may vote for ONE) Barbara Howe Libertarian

Barack Obama ______Janet Cowell Joe Biden Write-in Democrat Democrat Steve Royal NC Lieutenant Governor Republican Mitt Romney (You may vote for ONE) NC State Senate Paul Ryan District 22 Republican Linda D. Coleman (You may vote for ONE) Democrat Gary Johnson Dan Forest Mike Woodard James P. Gray Republican Democrat Libertarian Milton Holmes NC Attorney General Republican (You may vote for ONE) ______NC House of Representatives Write-in District 30 (You may vote for ONE) Democrat STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING Paul Luebke NC Auditor Democrat a. Unless otherwise noted, a Straight Party (You may vote for ONE) vote is a vote for ALL candidates of that party Board of County Commissioners in PARTISAN OFFICES. It is not necessary (You may vote for FIVE) to mark individual candidates for PARTISAN Beth A. Wood OFFICES if you vote a Straight Party. Democrat b. You may vote a Straight Party AND ALSO Debra Goldman Fred Foster, Jr. vote for a candidate of a different party in any Republican Democrat individual office. Brenda Howerton c. In any multi-seat office, a Straight Party NC Commissioner of Agriculture Democrat vote is a vote for ALL candidates of that party. (You may vote for ONE) If you individually vote for any candidate in a Wendy Jacobs multi-seat office, you must also individually Democrat mark all other candidates in that office for whom you wish to vote in order for all votes Walter Smith Michael D. Page for that office to be counted. Democrat Democrat d. If you do not vote a Straight Party below, Steve Troxler Ellen Reckhow you may vote by marking each office Republican Democrat separately. Omar Beasley e. A Straight Party vote does not include US NC Commissioner of Insurance Unaffiliated President and Vice President, unaffiliated (You may vote for ONE) candidates, nonpartisan offices, issues or referenda. County Register of Deeds Wayne Goodwin (You may vote for ONE) Democrat Mike Causey Willie L. Covington Straight Party Republican Democrat (You may vote for ONE) NC Commissioner of Labor End of Straight Party Voting (You may vote for ONE)

Democratic John C. Brooks Democrat Republican Cherie Berry Republican Libertarian Continue voting next side E

A B North Carolina C -- VOTE BOTH SIDES -- D E F

NONPARTISAN OFFICES NC Supreme Court Associate Justice (You may vote for ONE) Sam J. Ervin IV Paul Martin Newby

NC Court of Appeals Judge (You may vote for ONE)

Linda McGee David S. Robinson

NC Court of Appeals Judge (You may vote for ONE)

Wanda Bryant Marty McGee

NC Court of Appeals Judge (You may vote for ONE)

Chris Dillon Cressie Thigpen NC District Court Judge District 14 (You may vote for ONE) William A. (Drew) Marsh III Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor (You may vote for ONE) Danielle Adams Clemenstene (Clementine) Cotton Nunn Kelly Smoke

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