Sample Ballot Spokane County, November 6, 2012 General Election

Instructions Marking Your Ballot Completely fill in the oval to the left of your choice. Use a dark pen. Unless specifically allowed by law, more than one vote for an office or ballot measure will be an overvote and no votes for that office or ballot measure will be counted. Vote for one candidate per office. To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the candidates name on the line provided and fill in the oval.

Correcting Your Ballot If you make a correction, draw a line through the entire response. You then have the option of making another choice if you wish. In order for your ballot to be counted, it must be either postmarked or deposited at a designated deposit site no later than 8:00 P.M. on Election Day (November 6). A list of Ballot Drop Box locations may be found at www.spokanecounty.org/elections.

Begin Voting Here Proposed to the People by the Legislature READ: Each candidate for President and Vice Proposed by Initiative Petition Amendment to the State Constitution President is the official nominee of a political Initiative Measure No. 1185 Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223 party. For other partisan offices, each candidate may state a political party that he or she Initiative Measure No. 1185 concerns tax and fee The Legislature has proposed a constitutional prefers. A candidate’s preference does not increases imposed by state government. This amendment on investments by the University of imply that the candidate is nominated or measure would restate existing statutory Washington and Washington State University. This endorsed by the party, or that the party requirements that legislative actions raising taxes amendment would create an exception to approves of or associates with that candidate must be approved by two-thirds legislative constitutional restrictions on investing public funds majorities or receive voter approval, and that new by allowing these universities to invest specified or increased fees require majority legislative public funds as authorized by the legislature, Federal – Partisan Office approval. Should this measure be enacted into including in private companies or stock. Should this U.S. Senator law? constitutional amendment be: Maria Cantwell Yes (Prefers Democratic Party) Approved No Rejected (Prefers Republican Party)

Proposed by Initiative Petition Advisory Vote of the People Initiative Measure No. 1240 ______Advisory Vote No. 1

Initiative Measure No. 1240 concerns creation of a Engrossed Senate Bill 6635 public charter school system. This measure would U.S. Representative District 5 authorize up to forty publicly-funded charter The legislature eliminated, without a vote of the Cathy McMorris Rodgers schools open to all students, operated through people, a business and occupation tax deduction (Prefers Republican Party) approved, nonreligious, nonprofit organizations, for certain financial institutions’ interest on with government oversight; and modify certain laws residential loans, costing $170,000,000, in its first Rich Cowan applicable to them as public schools. Should this ten years, for government spending. This tax (Prefers Democratic Party) measure be enacted into law? increase should be:

Yes ______Repealed

No

Maintained

Passed by the Legislature and

Ordered Referred by Petition Advisory Vote of the People State of Washington – Partisan Office Referendum Measure No. 74 Advisory Vote No. 2 Substitute House Bill 2590 The legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Governor Senate Bill 6239 concerning marriage for same-sex The legislature extended, without a vote of the Jay Inslee couples, modified domestic-partnership law, and people, expiration of a tax on possession of (Prefers Democratic Party) religious freedom, and voters have filed a sufficient petroleum products and reduced the tax rate, referendum petition on this bill. This bill would allow costing $24,000,000, in its first ten years, for Rob McKenna same-sex couples to marry, preserve domestic government spending. This tax increase should be: (Prefers Republican Party) partnerships only for seniors, and preserve the ______right of clergy or religious organizations to refuse to Repealed perform, recognize, or accommodate any marriage Maintained ceremony. Should this bill be: Lt. Governor Approved Federal – Partisan Office Brad Owen Rejected President/Vice President of the United States (Prefers Democrat Party)

Proposed to the Legislature and Barack Obama/ Bill Finkbeiner Referred to the People Joe Biden (Prefers Republican Party) Initiative Measure No. 502 Democratic Party Nominees ______Initiative Measure No. 502 concerns marijuana. Mitt Romney/ This measure would license and regulate Paul Ryan marijuana production, distribution, and possession Republican Party Nominees Secretary of State for persons over twenty-one; remove state-law Kim Wyman criminal and civil penalties for activities that it Gary Johnson/ (Prefers Republican Party) authorizes; tax marijuana sales; and earmark James P. Gray marijuana-related revenues. Should this measure Libertarian Party Nominees Kathleen Drew be enacted into law? (Prefers Democratic Party) Virgil Goode/ Yes James N. Clymer ______No Constitution Party Nominees

Jill Stein/ Proposed to the People by the Legislature Cheri Honkala Amendment to the State Constitution Green Party Nominees State Treasurer Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution No. 8221 Jim McIntire (Prefers Democratic Party) The Legislature has proposed a constitutional Peta Lindsay/ amendment on implementing the Commission on Yari Osorio Socialism & Liberation Party Nominees Sharon Hanek State Debt recommendations regarding (Prefers Republican Party) Washington's debt limit. This amendment would, James Harris/ starting July 1, 2014, phase-down the debt limit Alyson Kennedy ______percentage in three steps from nine to eight Socialist Workers Party Nominees percent and modify the calculation date, calculation period, and the term general state revenues. Ross C. (Rocky) Anderson/ Should this constitutional amendment be: Luis J. Rodriguez

Justice Party Nominees Approved ______Rejected State of Washington – Partisan Office State Auditor Legislative District 6 – Partisan Office Spokane County – Nonpartisan Office State Representative Pos 1 District Court Judge Position 8 James Watkins Kevin Parker Two Year Unexpired Term (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party) Randy A. Brandt Troy Kelley ______(Prefers Democratic Party) ______

______Legislative District 6 – Partisan Office Local Ballot Measures State Representative Pos 2 Dennis Dellwo Attorney General (Prefers Democratic Party) Proposition No. 1 City of Medical Lake Bob Ferguson Emergency Medical Services Replacement Levy (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Republican Party) The Medical Lake City Council adopted Resolution Reagan Dunn ______475 concerning a proposition to authorize a (Prefers Republican Party) replacement property tax levy to fund emergency medical services (EMS) for City residents. This Legislative District 7 – Partisan Office proposition would authorize a regular property tax ______State Representative Pos 1 levy of $.50 per $1000.00 of assessed valuation beginning in 2012, to be collected for six Commissioner of Public Lands (Prefers Republican Party) consecutive years beginning in 2013, to replace the expiring EMS levy. Should this proposition be Peter J. Goldmark ______approved? (Prefers Democratic Party) State Representative Pos 2 Yes Clint Didier Joel Kretz No (Prefers Republican Party) (Prefers Republican Party)

Proposition No. 1 ______Robert (Bob) Wilson Spangle Cemetery District No. 1 (Prefers Republican Party) Maintenance and Operation Support Levy State of Washington – Nonpartisan Office

Superintendent of Public Instruction ______

The Board of Directors of Spangle Cemetery Randy I. Dorn Legislative District 9 – Partisan Office District #1 adopted Resolution #12-01 on July 18, State Senator 2012 concerning a proposition to finance 2013 Mark G. Schoesler maintenance and operation expenses. This ______(Prefers G.O.P. Party) proposition would authorize the District to levy

excess tax upon all taxable property within the State of Washington – Partisan Office ______District for support of the District’s maintenance Insurance Commissioner and operation expenses as follows: In 2012, levy a State Representative Pos 1 rate of approximately $0.15 per $1,000 of assessed Mike Kreidler Susan Fagan value, for collection of $12,500.00 in 2013. (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Republican Party)

Should this proposition be approved? John R. Adams ______

(Prefers Republican Party) Levy Yes State Representative Pos 2 ______Joe Schmick Levy No

(Prefers Republican Party)

Legislative District 3 – Partisan Office ______Proposition No. 1 State Senator Rosalia Park & Recreation District No. 5 Spokane County – Partisan Office Maintenance and Operation Levy (Prefers Democratic Party) County Commissioner District 1

Todd Mielke Shall Rosalia Park & Recreation District No. 5 be Nancy McLaughlin (Prefers Republican Party) authorized to impose a special levy of $0.52 per (Prefers G.O.P. Party) thousand dollars of assessed valuation, to be

John Roskelley collected in the year 2013, in order to collect ______(Prefers Democratic Party) $55,000 for maintenance and operation for 2013?

Should this proposition be approved? State Representative Pos 1 ______Marcus Riccelli Yes (Prefers Democratic Party) County Commissioner District 2 Daryl Romeyn No

Tim Benn (Prefers Democratic Party)

(Prefers G.O.P. Party) Shelly O’Quinn Vote Both Sides of Ballot ______(Prefers Republican Party)

State Representative Pos 2 ______Timm Ormsby (Prefers Democratic Party) Judicial – Nonpartisan Office End of Ballot Supreme Court Justice Pos 2 Dave White Susan Owens (Prefers Republican Party) ______Supreme Court Justice Pos 8 Legislative District 4 – Partisan Office (Six year short and full term) State Senator Steve Gonzalez (Prefers Republican Party) ______Supreme Court Justice Pos 9 State Representative Pos 1 Larry Crouse Sheryl Gordon McCloud (Prefers Republican Party) Richard B. Sanders ______State Representative Pos 2 Matt Shea Court of Appeals Division 3 District 1 Position 1 (Prefers Republican Party) Laurel Siddoway Amy C. Biviano (Prefers Democratic Party) ______

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