2006 General Election Ballot
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OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT LIBERTY COUNTY , FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 7, 2006 A B C 11 TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL STATE NONPARTISAN IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. ATTORNEY GENERAL DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL (Vote for One) USE BLACK OR BLUE BALLPOINT PEN. Shall Judge Edwin B. Browning Jr. of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, Bill McCollum REP DON'T HESITATE TO ASK FOR A NEW BALLOT. IF YOU ERASE OR MAKE OTHER Walter "Skip" Campbell DEM YES MARKS, YOUR VOTE MAY 21 NOT COUNT. NO TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Shall Judge Brad Thomas of the WHOSE NAME IS NOT (Vote for One) PRINTED ON THE BALLOT, First District Court of Appeal be FILL IN THE OVAL, AND retained in office? WRITE IN THE CANDIDATE'S NAME ON THE BLANK LINE Tom Lee REP YES PROVIDED FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. Alex Sink DEM NO CONGRESSIONAL Shall Judge Peter D. Webster of the First District Court of Appeal UNITED STATES SENATOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE be retained in office? (Vote for One) (Vote for One) YES Katherine Harris REP Charles H. Bronson REP NO 40 Bill Nelson DEM Eric Copeland DEM PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 41 Floyd Ray Frazier NPA 42 Belinda Noah NPA NONPARTISAN NO. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 43 Brian Moore NPA JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME ARTICLE III, SECTION 19 COURT State Planning and Budget Process Roy Tanner NPA Shall Justice R. Fred Lewis of the Supreme Court be retained in Proposing amendments to the State Write-in office? Constitution to limit the amount of nonrecurring general revenue which may be appropriated for recurring purposes in any fiscal year to 3 percent of the total general revenue funds estimated to be STATE YES available, unless otherwise approved by a three-fifths vote of the Legislature; to GOVERNOR & LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NO establish a Joint Legislative Budget (Vote for One) Commission, which shall issue long-range financial outlooks; to provide Shall Justice Barbara Joan for limited adjustments in the state Pariente of the Supreme Court be budget without the concurrence of the full 51 Charlie Crist REP retained in office? Legislature, as provided by general law; Jeff Kottkamp to reduce the number of times trust funds Jim Davis DEM YES are automatically terminated; to require Daryl L. Jones the preparation and biennial revision of a long-range state planning document; and Max Linn REF NO to establish a Government Efficiency Tom Macklin Task Force and specify its duties. Richard Paul Dembinsky NPA Shall Justice Peggy A. Quince of Dr. Joe Smith the Supreme Court be retained in John Wayne Smith NPA office? YES James J. Kearney Karl C. C. Behm NPA YES NO Carol Castagnero Write-in NO VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT A ROCK BLUFF B Typ:01 Seq:0001 Spl:01 C 7.2.0.0 / 011002 © Election Systems & Software, Inc. 1981, 2002 Initials of Issuing Official Issuing of Initials OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT LIBERTY COUNTY , FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 7, 2006 ROCK BLUFF NO. Signature of Voter D E F PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS NO. 3 NO. 6 NO. 8 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE XI, SECTION 5 ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6 ARTICLE X, SECTION 6 ARTICLE XII, SECTION 26 Requiring Broader Public Support For Eminent Domain Constitutional Amendments or Increased Homestead Exemption Revisions Proposing an amendment to the State Proposing amendment of the State Constitution to prohibit the transfer of Proposes an amendment to Section 5 of Constitution to increase the maximum private property taken by eminent Article XI of the State Constitution to additional homestead exemption for domain to a natural person or private require that any proposed amendment to low-income seniors from $25,000 to entity; providing that the Legislature may or revision of the State Constitution, $50,000 and to schedule the amendment by general law passed by a three-fifths whether proposed by the Legislature, by to take effect January 1, 2007, if vote of the membership of each house of initiative, or by any other method, must adopted. the Legislature permit exceptions be approved by at least 60 percent of the allowing the transfer of such private voters of the state voting on the property; and providing that this measure, rather than by a simple prohibition on the transfer of private majority. This proposed amendment YES property taken by eminent domain is would not change the current applicable if the petition of taking that requirement that a proposed NO initiated the condemnation proceeding constitutional amendment imposing a was filed on or after January 2, 2007. new state tax or fee be approved by at least 2/3 of the voters of the state voting NO. 7 in the election in which such an CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT amendment is considered. ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6 YES Permanently Disabled Veterans' Discount On Homestead Ad Valorem NO Tax YES Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide a discount from NO the amount of ad valorem tax on the homestead of a partially or totally NO. 4 permanently disabled veteran who is age CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 65 or older who was a Florida resident at ARTICLE X, SECTION 27 the time of entering military service, whose disability was combat-related, and Protect People, Especially Youth, who was honorably discharged; to From Addiction, Disease, and Other specify the percentage of the discount as Health Hazards of Using Tobacco equal to the percentage of the veteran's permanent service-connected disability; To protect people, especially youth, from to specify qualification requirements for addiction, disease, and other health the discount; to authorize the Legislature hazards of using tobacco, the Legislature to waive the annual application shall use some Tobacco Settlement requirement in subsequent years by money annually for a comprehensive general law; and to specify that the statewide tobacco education and provision takes effect December 7, 2006, prevention program using Centers for is self-executing, and does not require Disease Control best practices. Specifies implementing legislation. some program components, emphasizing youth, requiring one-third of total annual funding for advertising. Annual funding is 15% of 2005 Tobacco Settlement YES payments to Florida, adjusted annually for inflation. Provides definitions. Effective immediately. NO This amendment requires state government to appropriate approximately $57 million in 2007 for the Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Prevention Program. Thereafter, this amount will increase annually with inflation. This spending is expected to reduce tobacco consumption. As a result, some long-term savings to state and local government health and insurance programs are probable, but indeterminate. Also, minor revenue loss to state government is probable, but indeterminate. YES NO VOTE BOTH SIDES OF BALLOT D ROCK BLUFF E Typ:01 Seq:0001 Spl:01 F.