OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 2, 2010 TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE OVAL NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE. STATE LEGISLATIVE USE BLACK OR BLUE BALLPOINT PEN. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT STATE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNOR DISTRICT 7 IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, DON'T (Vote for One) (Vote for One) HESITATE TO ASK FOR A NEW BALLOT. IF YOU ERASE OR MAKE OTHER MARKS, YOUR VOTE MAY NOT COUNT. Rick Scott REP Marti Coley REP Jennifer Carroll TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE WHOSE Alex Sink DEM David B. Pleat DEM NAME IS NOT PRINTED ON THE Rod Smith BALLOT, FILL IN THE OVAL, AND WRITE IN THE CANDIDATE'S NAME ON THE Peter Allen IDP NONPARTISAN BLANK LINE PROVIDED FOR WRITE-IN John E Zanni CANDIDATE. Michael E. Arth NPA JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT Al Krulick Shall Justice Charles T. Canady of the CONGRESSIONAL Farid Khavari NPA Supreme Court be retained in office? Darcy G. Richardson UNITED STATES SENATOR C. C. Reed NPA YES (Vote for One) Larry Waldo, Sr. Marco Rubio REP Daniel Imperato NPA NO Karl C.C. Behm DEM Shall Justice Jorge Labarga of the Kendrick B. Meek Write-in Supreme Court be retained in office? Alexander Andrew Snitker LBT YES Bernie DeCastro CPF ATTORNEY GENERAL NO (Vote for One) NPA REP Shall Justice James E. C. Perry of the Sue Askeland Pam Bondi Supreme Court be retained in office? Bruce Ray Riggs NPA Dan Gelber DEM YES Bobbie Bean NPA Jim Lewis NPA NO Rick Tyler NPA Shall Justice Ricky L. Polston of the Supreme Court be retained in office? Charlie Crist NPA CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER YES (Vote for One) Lewis Jerome Armstrong NPA Jeff Atwater REP NO DEM DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL Write-in Loranne Ausley Shall Judge Nikki Ann Clark of the First REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Ken Mazzie NPA District Court of Appeal be retained in DISTRICT 2 office? (Vote for One) Tom Stearns NPA Steve Southerland REP YES Allen Boyd DEM COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE NO (Vote for One) NPA REP Shall Judge Paul M. Hawkes of the First Paul C. McKain Adam H. Putnam District Court of Appeal be retained in office? Dianne Berryhill NPA Scott Maddox DEM TEA Write-in Ira Chester YES Thad Hamilton NPA NO LEGISLATIVE Shall Judge Charles J. Kahn, Jr. of the First District Court of Appeal be retained in office? STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 6 (Vote for One) YES John Shaw REP NO DEM Shall Judge Phil Padovano of the First Bill Montford District Court of Appeal be retained in office? David H. Abrams NPA VOTE BOTH SIDES YES OF BALLOT Write-in A B C NO 11 Initials of Issuing Officer Issuing of Initials OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT LIBERTY COUNTY, FLORIDA - NOVEMBER 2, 2010 ROCK BLUFF 21 Signature of Voter 40 41 42 43 51 SAMPLE A B Typ:01 Seq:0001 Spl:01 C 7.7.0.0 / 012503-14 © Election Systems & Software, Inc. 1981, 2002 D E F Shall Judge Lori S. Rowe of the First NO. 4 NO. 6 District Court of Appeal be retained in CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT office? ARTICLE II, SECTION 7 ARTICLE III, SECTION 20 Referenda Required For Adoption And Standards For Legislature To Follow In Amendment Of Local Government Congressional Redistricting YES Comprehensive Land Use Plans Congressional districts or districting plans Establishes that before a local government may not be drawn to favor or disfavor an may adopt a new comprehensive land use incumbent or political party. Districts shall NO plan, or amend a comprehensive land use not be drawn to deny racial or language plan, the proposed plan or amendment minorities the equal opportunity to Shall Judge Kent Wetherell of the First shall be subject to vote of the electors of participate in the political process and elect District Court of Appeal be retained in the local government by referendum, representatives of their choice. Districts office? following preparation by the local planning must be contiguous. Unless otherwise agency, consideration by the governing required, districts must be compact, as body and notice. Provides definitions. equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must make use of existing city, YES The amendment’s impact on local county and geographical boundaries. government expenditures cannot be estimated precisely. Local governments will The fiscal impact cannot be determined NO incur additional costs due to the precisely. State government and state requirement to conduct referenda in order courts may incur additional costs if litigation Shall Judge Jim Wolf of the First District to adopt comprehensive plans or increases beyond the number or Court of Appeal be retained in office? amendments thereto. The amount of such complexity of cases which would have costs depends upon the frequency, timing occurred in the amendment’s absence. YES and method of the referenda, and includes the costs of ballot preparation, election administration, and associated expenses. NO The impact on state government YES expenditures will be insignificant. CIRCUIT JUDGE, 2ND CIRCUIT NO GROUP 9 (Vote for One) NO. 8 YES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE IX, SECTION 1 ARTICLE XII, Karen Gievers NO SECTION 31 Revision Of The Class Size NO. 5 Requirements For Public Schools Barbara Hobbs CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ARTICLE III, SECTION 21 The Florida Constitution currently limits the PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL maximum number of students assigned to AMENDMENTS Standards For Legislature To Follow In each teacher in public school classrooms in Legislative Redistricting the following grade groupings: for NO. 1 Legislative districts or districting plans may prekindergarten through grade 3, 18 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT students; for grades 4 through 8, 22 ARTICLE VI, SECTION 7 not be drawn to favor or disfavor an incumbent or political party. Districts shall students; and for grades 9 through 12, 25 Repeal of Public Campaign Financing not be drawn to deny racial or language students. Under this amendment, the Requirement current limits on the maximum number of minorities the equal opportunity to students assigned to each teacher in public Proposing the repeal of the provision in the participate in the political process and elect school classrooms would become limits on state constitution that requires public representatives of their choice. Districts the average number of students assigned financing of campaigns of candidates for must be contiguous. Unless otherwise per class to each teacher, by specified elective statewide office who agree to required, districts must be compact, as grade grouping, in each public school. This campaign spending limits. equal in population as feasible, and where feasible must make use of existing city, amendment also adopts new limits on the county and geographical boundaries. maximum number of students assigned to each teacher in an individual classroom as The fiscal impact cannot be determined follows: for prekindergarten through grade YES precisely. State government and state 3, 21 students; for grades 4 through 8, 27 courts may incur additional costs if litigation students; and for grades 9 through 12, 30 NO increases beyond the number or students. This amendment specifies that complexity of cases which would have class size limits do not apply to virtual NO. 2 occurred in the amendment’s absence. classes, requires the Legislature to provide CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT sufficient funds to maintain the average ARTICLE VII, SECTION 3 ARTICLE XII, number of students required by this SECTION 31 amendment, and schedules these revisions YES to take effect upon approval by the electors Homestead Ad Valorem Tax Credit For of this state and to operate retroactively to Deployed Military Personnel NO the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to require the Legislature to provide an additional homestead property YES tax exemption by law for members of the United States military or military reserves, NO the United States Coast Guard or its reserves, or the Florida National Guard NONBINDING STATEWIDE ADVISORY who receive a homestead exemption and REFERENDUM were deployed in the previous year on active duty outside the continental United Balancing the Federal Budget States, Alaska, or Hawaii in support of A Nonbinding Referendum Calling for military operations designated by the an Amendment to the United States Legislature. The exempt amount will be Constitution based upon the number of days in the In order to stop the uncontrolled growth of previous calendar year that the person was our national debt and prevent excessive deployed on active duty outside the borrowing by the Federal Government, continental United States, Alaska, or which threatens our economy and national Hawaii in support of military operations security, should the United States designated by the Legislature. The Constitution be amended to require a amendment is scheduled to take effect balanced federal budget without raising January 1, 2011. taxes? YES VOTE BOTH SIDES YES OF BALLOT NO NO D SAMPLEE F.