Jim F. Candelarie, City and County Clerk OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT CITY AND COUNTY OF BROOMFIELD, COLORADO NOVEMBER 6, 2012

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FEDERAL OFFICES FEDERAL OFFICES STATE OFFICES

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 113TH STATE SENATE - DISTRICT 23 (Vote for One Pair) CONGRESS - (Vote for One) DISTRICT 2 (Vote for One) Virgil H. Goode Jr. / Jim Clymer Kevin Lundberg Vicki Marble American Constitution Republican Republican

Barack Obama / Jared Polis Lee Kemp Democratic Democratic Democratic

Mitt Romney / Randy Luallin STATE REPRESENTATIVE - Republican Libertarian DISTRICT 33 (Vote for One) / James P. Gray Susan P. Hall Libertarian Green David J. Pigott Republican / STATE OFFICES Green Dianne Primavera Democratic Stewart Alexander / Alex Mendoza STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - Socialist, USA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2 W. Earl Allen (Vote for One) Libertarian Ross C."Rocky" Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez Justice Angelika Schroeder DISTRICT ATTORNEY - 17TH Democratic JUDICIAL DISTRICT / Cindy Lee Sheehan (Vote for One) Peace and Freedom Ann Fattor Republican James Harris / Dave Young Socialist Workers Democratic David G. Cottrell Libertarian / Jonathan D. Ellis DISTRICT I REGIONAL America's TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF DIRECTOR COLORADO - AT LARGE / Filberto Ramirez Jr. (Vote for One) (Vote for One) Socialism and Liberation

Merlin Miller / Harry V. Bertram Stephen C. Ludwig Jeff Ilseman American Third Position Democratic Seth L. Patterson Jill Reed / Tom Cary Tyler Belmont Judy Lubow Unaffiliated American Constitution Cheryl Hauger Thomas Robert Stevens / Alden Link Brian Davidson Objectivist Republican

Sheila "Samm" Tittle / Matthew A. Turner Daniel Ong We the People Libertarian

Jerry White / Phyllis Scherrer Socialist Equality

Write-In

VOTE BOTH SIDES OF THIS BALLOT JUDGES BALLOT QUESTIONS (Vote Yes or No) Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot Shall Justice Nathan B. Coats of question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A the Colorado Supreme Court be "yes" vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing retained in office? circumstances, and a "no" vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. YES NO Shall Judge Laurie A. Booras of STATE OF COLORADO ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL the Colorado Court of Appeals be DISTRICT retained in office? ISSUE 3A Amendment S (CONSTITUTIONAL) YES NO ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado RE-1J MILL LEVY OVERRIDE TO the Colorado Court of Appeals be constitution concerning the state personnel MITIGATE STATE FUNDING CUTS TO retained in office? system, and, in connection therewith, MAINTAIN TEACHER AND STAFF expanding the veterans' preference; increasing POSITIONS, ATTRACT AND RETAIN the number of candidates eligible to be HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS AND STAFF, YES NO appointed to a position; adjusting the duration AND TO UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY AND of allowable temporary employment; allowing EXPAND/ENHANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the flexibility to remove a limited number of EDUCATION. the Colorado Court of Appeals be positions from the system; modifying the retained in office? residency requirement; adjusting the terms of SHALL ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL service for members of the state personnel DISTRICT RE-1J TAXES BE INCREASED YES NO board; and requiring merit-based appointments $14,800,000 IN TAX YEAR 2012 FOR to be made through a comparative analysis COLLECTION IN YEAR 2013 (AND BY Shall Judge Gale T. Miller of the process? WHATEVER AMOUNTS MAY BE Colorado Court of Appeals be COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER) retained in office? FROM A MILL LEVY INCREASE NOT TO YES NO EXCEED 6.27 MILLS, AS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE DISTRICT’S YES NO GOVERNING BOARD, THE REVENUES Amendment 64 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman FROM WHICH SHALL BE USED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (WHICH of the Colorado Court of Appeals Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado be retained in office? INCLUDES THE DISTRICT’S EXISTING constitution concerning marijuana, and, in SIX CHARTER SCHOOLS), SUCH connection therewith, providing for the PURPOSES TO INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT YES NO regulation of marijuana; permitting a person LIMITED TO: twenty-one years of age or older to consume or Shall Judge John R. Webb of the possess limited amounts of marijuana; • MAINTAINING TEACHER POSITIONS Colorado Court of Appeals be providing for the licensing of cultivation AND REASONABLE CLASS SIZES, retained in office? facilities, product manufacturing facilities, • ATTRACTING AND RETAINING testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting HIGH-QUALITY TEACHERS AND local governments to regulate or prohibit such YES NO STAFF, facilities; requiring the general assembly to • UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY TO Shall Judge Chris Melonakis of the enact an excise tax to be levied upon ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING, 17th Judicial District be retained in wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the AND first $40 million in revenue raised annually by office? • EXPANDING AND ENHANCING such tax be credited to the public school capital EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION construction assistance fund; and requiring the (PRESCHOOL AND general assembly to enact legislation YES NO KINDERGARTEN); governing the cultivation, processing, and sale Shall Judge Edward Moss of the of industrial hemp? 17th Judicial District be retained in SUCH TAX INCREASE TO BE AN office? ADDITIONAL PROPERTY TAX MILL LEVY IN EXCESS OF THE LEVY YES NO AUTHORIZED FOR THE DISTRICT’S YES NO GENERAL FUND PURSUANT TO, AND IN Amendment 65 (CONSTITUTIONAL) ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22-54- 108, C.R.S., AND TO CONSTITUTE A Shall there be amendments to the Colorado VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE constitution and the Colorado revised statutes AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS concerning support by Colorado's legislative WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY? representatives for a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending, and, in connection therewith, YES NO instructing Colorado's congressional delegation to propose and support, and the members of Colorado's state legislature to ratify, an amendment to the United States constitution that allows congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending?

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