Information on state measures, federal, congressional, legislative, statewide, and state judicial candidates is being mailed to all households by the Secretary of State’s Offi ce. If you do not receive the state’s pamphlet by October 24, 2012, please call our offi ce at (360) 786-5408 to request a copy. This information is also available online at: www.vote.wa.gov ~ or ~ www.ThurstonVotes.org Table of Contents and Participating Jurisdictions Sample Ballot 2 Thurston County Auditor Voting Center Information 5 Ballot Drop Box Locations 5 Dear Thurston County Voter: Congressional Map 6 Legislative Map 7 Welcome to the 2012 General Election Local Voters’ Pamphlet. On November 6, we will Accessibility Voting Locations 10 have the opportunity to help mold the future of our nation and our community by electing Military & Overseas Voters 14 our leaders. From the federal offi ces of President, Senator, and Representative, to General Election Information 14 statewide and legislative offi ces, to the local offi ces of County Commissioner and PUD Voter Registration Form 15 Commissioner, these leaders make crucial decisions that impact our daily lives. You will also get the chance to weigh in on six statewide initiatives, two advisory votes of the Candidate Statements people, and three local measures, including a Thurston County measure. County Partisan You may also be voting in new districts as a result of changes from the 2010 Census, Thurston County Commissioner including the new 10th Congressional District. New congressional, legislative, and Districts No. 1 & No. 2 8 commissioner district lines are drawn every ten years to ensure that each district has an equal population and a fair distribution of political representation. You can fi nd your district County Judicial on our website, referring to your redistricting voter ID card, or by calling our offi ce at Superior Court 9 (360) 786-5408. County Nonpartisan Please help us send you the correct ballot by making sure your voter registration record Public Utility District No. 1 10 is current. If your name, address, or signature has changed since you last voted, you may update your information at www.ThurstonVotes.org, use the Voter Registration form on Measure Information page 15 of this pamphlet, or contact our offi ce by phone at (360) 786-5408. Thurston County 11 Remember, ballots must either be postmarked by Election Day or be deposited into one City of Olympia 12 of our 25 drop boxes located throughout the county. The ballot drop boxes are open Tanglewilde Parks and Recreation 13 24 hours a day starting October 17th and close promptly at 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 6, 2012. For a list of locations, please see page 5 of this pamphlet. General Election Tuesday, November 6, 2012 The Thurston County Auditor’s Offi ce will be open additional hours on Saturday, November 3rd, to issue ballots to voters. There will be AutoMARK™ accessible voting machines available. Please see page 10 of this pamphlet for more information about the AutoMARK™ ballot marking machine and page 5 for voting center hours. I hope you fi nd this pamphlet useful. If you have election questions, please call (360) 786-5408 or visit our website at www.ThurstonVotes.org and make sure you are ready to vote! Sincerely, Ken Raske Thurston County Chief Deputy Auditor Thank you to the following people for assisting in the production of this year’s local voters’ pamphlet: Sandy Baxter, Bryce Comstock, Steve Homan, Ann Hunter, Tillie Naputi-Pullar, Bethany Oszman, Carol Peters, Ken Raske, Billy Seago, Lynnette Thornton, Carrie Wack, Lynne Watanabe, Tony Wickie, Marci Zabel, and Dan Zertuche. General Election - November 6, 2012. ASL, audio, PDF, and text versions of the pamphlet available at www.ThurstonVotes.org 1 Thurston County Sample Ballot This sample ballot contains all candidates and measures certifi ed to appear on the November 6, 2012, General Election ballot. Be sure to follow all instructions on your actual ballot. Ballots will begin arriving on October 18, 2012. Please refer to the Thurston County Auditor’s Offi ce website at www.ThurstonVotes.org for additional election information. Note: Not all of these candidates and measures will appear on your ballot. Your ballot will contain only the races and measures for which you are eligible to vote. State Measures State Measures State Measures Proposed by Initiative Petition Proposed to the Legislature and Advisory Vote of the People Initiative Measure No. 1185 Referred to the People Advisory Vote No. 1 Initiative Measure No. 1185 concerns Initiative Measure No. 502 Engrossed Senate Bill 6635 tax and fee increases imposed by state government. This measure would restate Initiative Measure No. 502 concerns The legislature eliminated, without a vote existing statutory requirements that marijuana. This measure would license of the people, a business and occupation legislative actions raising taxes must and regulate marijuana production, tax deduction for certain fi nancial be approved by two-thirds legislative distribution, and possession for persons institutions’ interest on residential loans, majorities or receive voter approval, over twenty-one; remove state-law costing $170,000,000, in its fi rst ten and that new or increased fees require criminal and civil penalties for activities years, for government spending. majority legislative approval. that it authorizes; tax marijuana sales; and earmark marijuana-related revenues. This tax increase should be: Should this measure be enacted into law? Repealed Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes Maintained No Yes No Advisory Vote of the People Proposed by Initiative Petition Proposed to the People by the Advisory Vote No. 2 Legislature - Amendment to the Initiative Measure No. 1240 Substitute House Bill 2590 Sample Ballot State Constitution Initiative Measure No. 1240 concerns Engrossed Senate Joint Resolution The legislature extended, without a creation of a public charter school No. 8221 vote of the people, expiration of a tax system. This measure would authorize on possession of petroleum products up to forty publicly-funded charter The Legislature has proposed and reduced the tax rate, costing schools open to all students, operated a constitutional amendment on $24,000,000, in its fi rst ten years, for through approved, nonreligious, nonprofi t implementing the Commission on State government spending. organizations, with government oversight; Debt recommendations regarding and modify certain laws applicable to Washington’s debt limit. This amendment This tax increase should be: them as public schools. would, starting July 1, 2014, phase-down the debt limit percentage in three steps Repealed Should this measure be enacted into law? from nine to eight percent and modify the Maintained Yes calculation date, calculation period, and No the term general state revenues. County Measure Should this constitutional amendment be: Thurston County Passed by the Legislature and Ordered Approved Proposition No. 1 Referred by Petition Rejected Shall Public Utility District No. 1 of Thurston Referendum Measure No. 74 Proposed to the People by the County construct or acquire electric Legislature - Amendment to the facilities for the generation, transmission or The legislature passed Engrossed State Constitution Substitute Senate Bill 6239 concerning distribution of electric power? marriage for same-sex couples, modifi ed Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223 domestic-partnership law, and religious Yes freedom, and voters have fi led a suffi cient The Legislature has proposed a No referendum petition on this bill. This bill constitutional amendment on investments would allow same-sex couples to marry, by the University of Washington and If a primary election was held for an offi ce, the two preserve domestic partnerships only for Washington State University. This candidates who received the most votes in the seniors, and preserve the right of clergy amendment would create an exception Primary advanced to the General Election. or religious organizations to refuse to to constitutional restrictions on investing perform, recognize, or accommodate any public funds by allowing these universities Each candidate for partisan offi ce may state a marriage ceremony. to invest specifi ed public funds as political party that he or she prefers. A candidate’s authorized by the legislature, including in preference does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party, or that the Should this bill be: private companies or stock. party approves of or associates with that candidate. Approved Should this constitutional amendment be: Rejected The election for President and Vice President is Approved different. Candidates for President and Vice President are the offi cial nominees of their Rejected political party. Information on state measures, federal, congressional, legislative, statewide, and state judicial candidates is being mailed to all households 2 by the Secretary of State’s Offi ce. This information is also available online at www.vote.wa.gov ~ or ~ www.ThurstonVotes.org Thurston County Sample Ballot Federal Partisan Offi ces Federal Partisan Offi ces State Partisan Offi ces U.S. Representative President / Vice President Attorney General Congressional District No. 10 Four Year Term Vote for One Two Year Term Vote for One Four Year Term Vote for One Barack Obama / Joe Biden Denny Heck Bob Ferguson Democratic Party Nominees (Prefers Democratic Party) (Prefers Democratic Party) Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan Richard (Dick) Muri Reagan Dunn Republican Party