OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 4, 2008 CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI
REPUBLICAN PARTY (REP)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DEM)
LIBERTARIAN PARTY (LIB)
CONSTITUTION PARTY (CST)
INDEPENDENT (IND)
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that the November General Election will be held in the County of Cass on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 as certified to this office by the participating entities of Cass County. The ballot for the election shall be in substantially the following form:
A vote for candidates for President and Vice President is a vote for their Electors.
FOR STATE TREASURER Vote for ONE BRAD LAGER CLINT ZWEIFEL RODNEY D. FARTHING
REP DEM CST
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 122 Vote for ONE
MIKE McGHEE BETH GRUBB
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FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT Vote for ONE PAIR JOHN McCAIN SARAH PALIN BARACK OBAMA JOE BIDEN BOB BARR WAYNE A. ROOT CHUCK BALDWIN DARRELL CASTLE RALPH NADER MATT GONZALEZ
REP
REP DEM
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DEM
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Vote for ONE MIKE GIBBONS
REP DEM
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 123 Vote for ONE CHRIS MOLENDORP JUAN I. ALONZO
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LIB
CHRIS KOSTER
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REP DEM
CST
IND
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 4 Vote for ONE
JEFF PARNELL IKE SKELTON
REP DEM
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 124 Vote for ONE JIM DANNER LUKE SCAVUZZO
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REP DEM
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FOR GOVERNOR Vote for ONE KENNY HULSHOF JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON ANDREW W. FINKENSTADT GREGORY E. THOMPSON
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REP DEM LIB CST
FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 5 Vote for ONE JACOB TURK EMANUEL CLEAVER II
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REP DEM
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE CIRCUIT 17 DIVISION 2 Vote for ONE LYNN STOPPY MIKE WAGNER
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REP DEM
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Vote for ONE PETER KINDER SAM PAGE TEDDY FLECK JAMES C. RENSING
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FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 31 Vote for ONE
REP DEM LIB CST
DAVID PEARCE CHRIS BENJAMIN
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REP DEM
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (SOUTH DISTRICT) Vote for ONE BILL COOK TERRY C. WILSON
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REP DEM
FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 120 Vote for ONE SCOTT N. LARGENT
REP DEM
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE Vote for ONE MITCHELL (MITCH) HUBBARD ROBIN CARNAHAN WES UPCHURCH DENISE C. NEELY
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FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2 (NORTH DISTRICT) Vote for ONE BRIAN L. BAKER
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REP DEM LIB CST
KRISTI L. KENNEY
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REP
FOR SHERIFF Vote for ONE DWIGHT DIEHL BILL HUGHES
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REP DEM
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FOR ASSESSOR Vote for ONE BOB HUSTON DANNY L. POWELL
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REP DEM
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 4 Proposed by the 94th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SJR 45 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change provisions relating to the financing of stormwater control projects by: ● limiting availability of grants and loans to public water and sewer districts only; ● removing the cap on available funding and existing restrictions on disbursements; ● requiring loan repayments to be used only for stormwater control projects?
PROPOSITION B Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall Missouri law be amended to enable the elderly and Missourians with disabilities to continue living independently in their homes by creating the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure the availability of quality home care services under the Medicaid program by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce? The exact cost of this proposal to state governmental entities is unknown, but is estimated to exceed $510,560 annually. Additional costs for training are possible. Matching federal funds, if available, could reduce state costs. It is estimated there would be no costs or savings to local governmental entities. YES
FOR COUNTY TREASURER Vote for ONE STEVE CHESLIK SANDRA RILEY
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REP DEM
FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR Vote for ONE MELODY A. FOLSOM KAREN MEADOR
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REP DEM
It is estimated the cost to state NO governmental entities is $0 to $236,000 annually. It PROPOSITION C is estimated state governmental entities will save Proposed by Initiative Petition approximately $7,500 for each bond issuance. It is estimated local governmental entities participating in Shall Missouri law be amended to this program may experience savings, however the require investor-owned electric utilities to amount is unknown. generate or purchase electricity from YES renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE biomass and hydropower with the renewable NO energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail Shall Judge PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office? STATUTORY MEASURES least 15% by 2021, including at least 2% from YES solar energy; and restricting to no more than PROPOSITION A 1% any rate increase to consumers for this NO Proposed by Initiative Petition renewable energy?
OFFICIAL JUDICIAL BALLOT Submitting to the voters whether the Judges named below, whose terms expire December 31, 2008, shall be retained in office for new terms. VOTE ON EACH JUDGE
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 Proposed by the 94th General Assembly (First Regular Session) HJR 7
Shall Missouri law be amended to:
● repeal the current individual maximum loss limit for gambling; ● prohibit any future loss limits; ● require identification to enter the gambling area only if necessary to establish that an individual is at least 21 years old; ● restrict the number of casinos to those already built or being built; ● increase the casino gambling tax from 20% to 21%; ● create a new specific education fund from gambling tax proceeds generated as a result of this measure called the “Schools First Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Fund”; and ● require annual audits of this new fund?
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to add a statement that English shall be the language of all governmental meetings at which any public business is discussed, decided, or public policy is formulated whether conducted in person or by communication equipment including conference calls, video conferences, or Internet chat or message board? It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.
YES NO
The estimated direct cost to state governmental entities is $395,183. It is estimated there are no direct costs or savings to local governmental entities. However, indirect costs may be incurred by state and local governmental entities if the proposal results in increased electricity retail rates. YES NO CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI OUT-OF-STATE USE TAX PROPOSITION
Shall the County of Cass impose a local use tax on out of state purchases to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that non Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently one and one fourth State governmental entities will receive an percent (1¼%), provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, estimated $105.1 to $130.0 million annually for the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or elementary and secondary education, and $5.0 to raised by the same action? A use tax return $7.0 million annually for higher education, early shall not be required to be filed by persons childhood development, veterans, and other whose purchase from out of state vendors do programs. Local governmental entities receiving gambling boat tax and fee revenues will receive an not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year. All receipts from this tax shall estimated $18.1 to $19.0 million annually. be divided equally between Law Enforcement, General County, and Road and Bridge uses. YES NO YES NO
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