FORSYTH COUNTY

ABSENTEE/PROVISIONAL/CHALLENGED BALLOT

GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT OF THE STATE OF NOVEMBER 4, 2008

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"I understand that the offer or acceptance of money or any other object of value to vote for any particular candidate, list of candidates, issue, or list of issues included in this election constitutes an act of voter fraud and is a felony under Georgia law." [OCGA 21-2-285(h) and 21-2-383(a)] For President of the United For State Senator From For Solicitor General States 27th District (Vote for One) (Vote for One) (Vote for One) LESLIE CASE ABERNATHY (Incumbent) Republican JOHN MCCAIN - President JACK MURPHY SARAH PALIN - Vice President (Incumbent) Republican Republican Write-in BARACK OBAMA - President Write-in For County Commissioner JOE BIDEN - Vice President Democrat For State Representative in District 2 the (Vote for One) General Assembly From - President BRIAN R. TAM 24th District WAYNE A. ROOT - Vice President (Incumbent) Republican (Vote for One) Libertarian TOM KNOX (Incumbent) Republican Write-in

Write-in For County Commissioner Write-in District 4 (Vote for One) For Senate For District Attorney of the (Vote for One) Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit PATRICK BELL (Vote for One) Republican (Incumbent) Republican PENNY A. PENN JON FLACK (Incumbent) Republican Democrat JIM MARTIN Democrat

ALLEN BUCKLEY Write-in Write-in Libertarian For Judge of the Probate For County Commissioner Court (Vote for One) District 5 (Vote for One) Write-in LYNWOOD D. JORDAN, JR. (Incumbent) Republican For Public Service JIM BOFF Commissioner Republican (To Succeed H. Doug Everett) (Vote for One) Write-in H. DOUG EVERETT For Clerk of Superior Court Write-in (Incumbent) Republican (Vote for One) For County Board of JOHN H. MONDS GREG G. ALLEN Education Libertarian Republican District 3 (Vote for One)

Write-in Write-in TOM CLEVELAND (Incumbent) Republican For Public Service For Sheriff Commissioner (Vote for One) (To Succeed Angela Elizabeth Speir) (Vote for One) TED PAXTON Write-in (Incumbent) Republican LAUREN W. MCDONALD, JR. For County Board of Republican Education District 4 JIM POWELL Write-in Democrat (Vote for One) For Tax Commissioner BRANDON GIVENS (Vote for One) DARLA SEXTON LIGHT Libertarian Republican MATTHEW C. LEDBETTER (Incumbent) Republican SHEILA ELLIOTT Democrat Write-in For U.S. Representative in Write-in 111th Congress From the 7th For Coroner Write-in Congressional District of (Vote for One) Georgia For County Board of (Vote for One) LAUREN W. MCDONALD, III Education (Incumbent) Republican JOHN LINDER District 5 (Incumbent) Republican (Vote for One)

DOUG HECKMAN Write-in NANCY ROCHE Democrat (Incumbent) Republican

Write-in Write-in TURN BALLOT OVER TO CONTINUE VOTING NONPARTISAN ELECTION For Judge of State Court of SPECIAL ELECTION Forsyth County (To Succeed Philip C. Smith) For Justice, (Vote for One) Bond for Jail Acquisition, Construction and Supreme Court of Georgia PHILIP C. SMITH Equipping (To Succeed Robert Benham) (Incumbent) (Vote for One)

(Vote for One) "Shall there be issued up to $75,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Forsyth County general obligation bonds for the purpose ROBERT BENHAM Write-in of financing the acquisition, (Incumbent construction and equipping of a For Chief Magistrate of jail?" Forsyth County YES (Vote for One) Write-in NO For Justice, WALKER H. BRAMBLETT Bond for Sheriff's Supreme Court of Georgia Headquarter's Acquisition, Construction and (To Succeed Harris Hines) Equipping (Vote for One) (Vote for One)

HARRIS HINES "Shall there be issued up to Write-in $16,000,000 in aggregate principal (Incumbent) amount of Forsyth County general PROPOSED obligation bonds for the purpose of financing the acquisition, CONSTITUTIONAL construction and equipping of a facility to house the sheriff's Write-in AMENDMENTS headquarters?" For Judge, - 1 - YES Court of Appeals of Georgia NO (To Succeed Gary Andrews) To encourage the (Vote for One) preservation of Georgia's forests through a GARY B. ANDREWS conservation use property tax (Incumbent) reduction program.

House Resolution No. 1276 Resolution Act No. 702 Ga. L. 2008, p. 1209 Write-in “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be For Judge, amended so as to provide that the Court of Appeals of Georgia General Assembly by general law shall (To Succeed Charles B. Mikell, Jr.) encourage the preservation, (Vote for One) conservation, and protection of the state’s forests through the special CHARLES B. MIKELL, JR. assessment and taxation of certain (Incumbent) forest lands and assistance grants to local government?” YES

Write-in NO For Judge, - 2 - Court of Appeals of Georgia (To Succeed John H. Ruffin) To authorize local school (Vote for One) districts to use tax funds for TAMELA L. ADKINS community redevelopment purposes.

Senate Resolution No. 996 SARA DOYLE Resolution Act No. 777 Ga. L. 2008, p. 1211

“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be BRUCE M. EDENFIELD amended so as to authorize community redevelopment and authorize counties, municipalities, and CHRISTOPHER J. MCFADDEN local boards of education to use tax funds for redevelopment purposes and programs?” PERRY J. MCGUIRE YES NO

MICHAEL S. MEYER VON BREMEN - 3 -

To authorize the creation of MIKE SHEFFIELD special Infrastructure Development Districts providing infrastructure to underserved areas. Write-in Senate Resolution No. 309 For Judge, Superior Resolution Act No. 373 Court of the Bell-Forsyth Ga. L. 2007, p. 775 Judicial Circuit "Shall the Constitution of Georgia be (To Succeed David L. Dickinson) amended so as to authorize the (Vote for One) General Assembly to provide by general law for the creation and DAVID L. DICKINSON comprehensive regulation of (Incumbent) infrastructure development districts for the provision of infrastructure as authorized by local governments?"

Write-in YES For Judge of State Court of NO Forsyth County (To Succeed T. Russell McClelland, III) (Vote for One) T. RUSSELL MCCLELLAND, III (Incumbent)

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