SPECIMEN BALLOT FEDERAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICE REGION MASON COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS GENERAL ELECTION (Vote for one) (MASON, TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES) NOVEMBER 4, 2014 RICHARD J. DURBIN DEMOCRATIC (Vote for one) REPUBLICAN No Candidate DEMOCRATIC I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS SPECIMEN BALLOT IS A TRUE AND JAMES D. "JIM" OBERWEIS CORRECT COPY OF THE OFFICES AND CANDIDATES TO BE VOTED IN SHARON HANSEN LIBERTARIAN GAIL S. OWEN REPUBLICAN THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN MASON COUNTY ON Write-in COUNTY BOARD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014. STATE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DISTRICT ONE (Vote for one) (Vote for not more than two) ELDON H. GARLISCH DEMOCRATIC SUMMER R. BROWN, COUNTY CLERK (PAT QUINN MASON COUNTY, ILLINOIS (PAUL VALLAS DEMOCRATIC ROBERT D. HARRIS DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS (BRUCE RAUNER REBECCA SWITZER REPUBLICAN "NOTICE (EVELYN SANGUINETTI REPUBLICAN FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT MAY BE THE (CHAD GRIMM DISTRICT TWO EQUIVALENT OF A NEGATIVE VOTE, BECAUSE A (ALEXANDER CUMMINGS LIBERTARIAN (Vote for not more than two) CONVENTION SHALL BE CALLED OR THE AMENDMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IF APPROVED BY EITHER ( Write-In __________________________________________________________ KENNETH WALKER DEMOCRATIC THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE VOTING ON THE QUESTION OR ( RICHARD SHOEMAKER DEMOCRATIC A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING IN THE ELECTION. (THIS IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT YOUR FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL TONY GATHMAN REPUBLICAN VOTE IS REQUIRED TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR (Vote for one) HUGH McHARRY REPUBLICAN IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN LISA MADIGAN DEMOCRATIC CONTAINED.) BOARD OF REVIEW PAUL M. SCHIMPF REPUBLICAN FOR BOARD OF REVIEW WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR NOT YOU BEN KOYL LIBERTARIAN (Vote for one) MUST RETURN IT TO THE ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU JANICE K. STEPHENS DEMOCRATIC LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH". FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CONSTITUTION BALLOT (Vote for one) TODD L MENDENHALL REPUBLICAN PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLINOIS JESSE WHITE DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL CONSTITUTION FOR JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT Explanation of Amendment MICHAEL WEBSTER REPUBLICAN FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT The proposed amendment makes changes to Section 8.1 CHRISTOPHER MICHEL LIBERTARIAN of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, the Crime Victims’ (To fill the vacancy of the Hon. John T. McCullough) Bill of Rights. The proposed amendment would expand FOR COMPTROLLER (Vote for one) certain rights already granted to crime victims in Illinois, (Vote for one) No Candidate DEMOCRATIC and give crime victims the ability to enforce their rights in SHEILA SIMON DEMOCRATIC a court of law. You are asked to decide whether the LISA HOLDER WHITE REPUBLICAN proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois JUDY BAAR TOPINKA REPUBLICAN JUDICIAL RETENTION Constitution. JULIE FOX LIBERTARIAN BALLOT FOR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES SEEKING RETENTION IN OFFICE Write-in For the proposed amendment of Section 8.1 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution. FOR TREASURER "Vote on the Proposition with respect to all or any of the Judges listed on this ballot. No Judge listed is running against any other YES (Vote for one) Judge. The sole question is whether each Judge shall be NO MICHAEL W. FRERICHS DEMOCRATIC retained in his present office." APPELLATE COURT JUDGE TOM CROSS REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION BALLOT SHALL MATTHEW SKOPEK LIBERTARIAN PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLINOIS ROBERT J. STEIGMANN CONSTITUTION CONGRESSIONAL be retained in office as Explanation of Amendment FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT The proposed amendment adds a new section to the EIGHTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT? Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. (Vote for one) The proposed amendment would prohibit any law that YES DARREL MILLER DEMOCRATIC disproportionately affects the rights of eligible Illinois NO citizens to register to vote or cast a ballot based on the AARON SCHOCK REPUBLICAN voter’s race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual REPRESENTATIVE SHALL orientation, or income. You are asked to decide whether FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SCOTT H. WALDEN the proposed amendment should become part of the NINETY-THIRD REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT be retained in office as Illinois Constitution. (Vote for one) JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT No Candidate DEMOCRATIC EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? For the proposed addition of Section 8 to Article III of the Illinois Constitution. NORINE K. HAMMOND REPUBLICAN YES YES COUNTY NO NO FOR COUNTY CLERK SHALL (Vote for one) STATEWIDE ADVISORY QUESTIONS BOB HARDWICK, JR. SUMMER R. BROWN be retained in office as "Shall the minimum wage in Illinois for adults over DEMOCRATIC the age of 18 be raised to $10 per hour by January JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT JUDY RICHARDSON LACEY EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? 1, 2015?" REPUBLICAN YES YES FOR COUNTY TREASURER NO (Vote for one) NO "Shall any health insurance plan in Illinois that CARI B. MEEKER DEMOCRATIC SHALL DIANE M. LAGOSKI provides prescription drug coverage be required to CATHY J. (KATE) NUNN REPUBLICAN include prescription birth control as part of that be retained in office as coverage?" FOR SHERIFF JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT YES (Vote for one) EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? NO PAUL GANN DEMOCRATIC YES THOMAS HARDESTY REPUBLICAN NO "Should the Illinois Constitution be amended to require that each school district receive additional FOR SUPERVISOR OF ASSESSMENTS PROPOSITION revenue, based on their number of students, from an (Vote for one) VILLAGE OF SAN JOSE additional 3% tax on income greater than one million KRISTI J. POLER DEMOCRATIC PROPOSITION TO ELECT VILLAGE CLERK dollars?" ED RAY REPUBLICAN YES Shall the clerk in The Village of San Jose, Illinois be elected, NO rather than appointed? YES NO.