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Rosemary BECCHI Tayfun SELEN Sean MABEY Randall I. CHARLES

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS ANN F. GROSSI, ESQ. Please read the following before marking your ballot: County Clerk 1. Use ONLY a pencil or ink pen (black or blue) to mark your ballot. Do not To Protect Your Vote: use red ink. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR ANYONE EXCEPT YOU THE VOTER TO MARK OR INSPECT THIS BALLOT. 2. Completely fill in oval to the right of each of your selections. However, a family member may assist you in doing so. MARK BALLOT LIKE THIS: John DOE REPUBLICAN MAIL-IN BALLOT 3. To vote for any person whose name is not printed on this ballot, go to the Write-In Column and darken the oval by the words “write-in” for OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION the office in which you want to write-in. Write the name of the person JULY 7, 2020 • COUNTY OF MORRIS for which you wish to vote on the blank line. BOROUGH OF KINNELON 4. If you tear, deface or incorrectly mark this ballot, return it to the Morris 11th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT County Clerk’s Election Office and obtain a new ballot. OFFICE TITLE REPUBLICAN COLUMN 1 WRITE-IN COLUMN CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT For 4 Years (Vote for 1) Donald J. TRUMP REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION WRITE-IN DELEGATES TO THE REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION NATIONAL CONVENTION (VOTE FOR ONE SLATE) CHRISTOPHER J. CHRISTIE EDWARD BRUCE DIDONATO JOANNE GILMORE MICHAEL L. TESTA HENRY Y. KUHL MUNR KAZMIR DELEGATES-AT-LARGE JOSEPH PENNACCHIO EDWARD S. WALSH KRISTIN CORRADO AFZAL BARLAS JOHN V. AZZARITI MICHAEL LAVERY DOROTHY BURGER STAVROS G. CHRISTOUDIAS ALEXANDER C. MARKOWITS THERESA A. WINEGAR ALTERNATE DELEGATES-AT-LARGE SUSAN L. ENDERLY DARLENE SHOTMEYER JANICE M. FIELDS THOMAS P. RAGUKONIS LAURA ALI PETER MURPHY CHRISTINE DISTRICT DELEGATES SERRANO-GLASSNER ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES BETTYLOU DECROCE GERARD SCANLAN JOANIE WALSH Eugene T. ANAGNOS PREVENT CA EAST WRITE-IN Rikin “Rik” MEHTA REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE For 6 Years (Vote for 1) Patricia FLANAGAN AMERICA FIRST REPUBLICANS Natalie Lynn RIVERA WE THE PEOPLE Hirsh SINGH KEEP AMERICA GREAT NEW JERSEY CONSERVATIVES Rosemary BECCHI REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION WRITE-IN MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT) For 2 Years (Vote for 1) Sample MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS Tayfun SELEN For 3 Years (Vote for 1) REGULAR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION WRITE-IN MEMBER OF THE Sean MABEY WRITE-IN BOROUGH COUNCIL For 3 Years (Vote For 2) Randall I. CHARLES REPUBLICAN WORKING FOR ALL KINNELON RESIDENTS WRITE-IN.

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