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Turn the Ballot Over Write-In Vote, If Any 11 Official General Election Ballot Ballot Style 66 in the County of Black Hawk, State of Iowa WL W3 P5 November 8, 2016 21 Instructions: To vote, fill in the oval completely next to your choice. ( Candidate Name) To cast a write-in vote, you must fill in the oval completely and write the name of your candidate on the line provided. Judges for the judicial ballot appear on the back of the ballot. If you make a mistake, exchange your ballot for a new one. Straight Party Voting Federal Offices Federal Offices Instructions President & Vice President U.S. Representative For Straight Party Voting: Vote for no more than one team. District 1 Vote for no more than one. To vote for all candidates of a single Hillary Clinton DEM party organization, mark the voting Tim Kaine Monica Vernon DEM target next to the party or organization name. Not all parties or organizations Donald J. Trump REP Rod Blum REP 40 have nominated candidates for all Michael R. Pence 41 offices. Marking a straight party or organization vote does not include Darrell L. Castle CON Write-in vote, if any. votes for nonpartisan offices, judges or Scott N. Bradley State Offices questions. Jill Stein GRN State Representative 44 Ajamu Baraka District 62 Straight Party Voting Vote for no more than one. Vote for no more than one party. Dan R. Vacek LMN Democratic Party DEM Mark G. Elworth Ras Smith DEM Republican Party REP Gary Johnson LIB Todd Obadal REP 48 Libertarian Party LIB Bill Weld John Patterson New Independent Party Iowa NIP Lynn Kahn NIP Other Political Organizations Jay Stolba Write-in vote, if any. 52 The following political Gloria La Riva PSL County Offices organizations have nominated Dennis J. Banks Board of Supervisors candidates only for one office: Rocky Roque De La Fuente Vote for no more than three. Constitution Party..........CON Michael Steinberg Linda Laylin DEM Independent Party.........IND Evan McMullin Tom Little DEM Iowa Green Party..........GRN Nathan Johnson Chris Schwartz DEM Legal Marijuana Now.....LMN Party for Socialism and John Dodge REP Liberation.......................PSL Write-in vote for President, if any. Chad Folken REP Terry Scheffert REP Write-in vote for Vice President, if any. U.S. Senator Write-in vote, if any. Vote for no more than one. Patty Judge DEM Write-in vote, if any. Charles E. Grassley REP Charles Aldrich LIB Write-in vote, if any. Jim Hennager NIP County Auditor Michael Luick-Thrams Vote for no more than one. Grant Veeder DEM Write-in vote, if any. Write-in vote, if any. County Sheriff Vote for no more than one. Tony Thompson DEM Turn the ballot over Write-in vote, if any. County Offices Judicial Ballot Instructions: Vote on all names by filling in the County Attorney, To Fill Vacancy appropriate oval below each name. Vote for no more than one. Judicial Ballot Judicial Ballot Brian Williams DEM Supreme Court District Court Shall the following judges of the Shall the following judges of the District Supreme Court be retained in office? Court be retained in office? Write-in vote, if any. Nonpartisan Offices Brent R. Appel Linda M. Fangman Soil & Water Commissioner YES YES Vote for no more than three. NO NO Geraldine M. Thornsberry Mark S. Cady David P. Odekirk Dustin Sage YES YES Sherman Lundy NO NO Daryl L. Hecht George L. Stigler Write-in vote, if any. YES YES NO NO Write-in vote, if any. Court of Appeals Richard Stochl Shall the following judges of the Court YES of Appeals be retained in office? Write-in vote, if any. NO County Agricultural Extension Amanda Potterfield District Associate Judge Vote for no more than four. YES Shall the following Associate Judge of the District Court be retained in office? Katelyn Luensmann NO Ann Grove Gayle Vogel James D. Coil Melissa Tate YES YES Michael Pipho NO NO David R. Danilson Associate Juvenile Judge Write-in vote, if any. YES Shall the following Juvenile Judges of the District Court be retained in office? NO Write-in vote, if any. Richard H. Doyle Alan D. Allbee YES YES Write-in vote, if any. NO NO Daniel L. Block Write-in vote, if any. YES NO Turn the ballot over.
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