OFFICIAL BALLOT RANDOLPH COUNTY. Robin Carnahan Secretary of State

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1 COUNTY CLERK S TICE OF GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, MISSOURI TUESDAY, VEMBER 6, 2012 Notice is hereby given that the General Election will be held in the County of Randolph State of Missouri on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, as certified to this office by the Honorable Robin Carnahan Secretary of State of Missouri. STATE OF MISSOURI Secretary of State IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the State of Missouri, done at the City of Jefferson, this 28 th day of August, Robin Carnahan Secretary of State The ballot for the Election shall be in substantially the following form: OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION RANDOLPH COUNTY, MISSOURI November 6, 2012 DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DEM) REPUBLICAN PARTY (REP) LIBERTARIAN PARTY (LIB) CONSTITUTION PARTY (CST) INDEPENDENT (IND) INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote, darken the oval completely next to your choice. OFFICIAL BALLOT RANDOLPH COUNTY Shall the County of Randolph impose a local use tax on out of state purchases at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently 1.000%, provided that if the local sales tax rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be reduced or

2 raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year. The purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that Non-Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors. City of Clark Shall the City of Clark, Missouri impose a local use tax on out of state purchases at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, (currently totaling Two Percent) provided that, if any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax also shall be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out of state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year. The purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that Non- Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors. City of Huntsville Shall the City of Huntsville, Missouri impose a local use tax on out of state purchases at the same rate as the total local sales tax rate, currently at a rate of One percent (1%) provided that if the local sales tax rate is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action? A use tax return shall not be required to be filed by persons whose purchases from out-of-state vendors do not in total exceed two thousand dollars in any calendar year. The purpose of the proposal is to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that Non-Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors.

3 City of Moberly Shall the City of Moberly, Missouri in an attempt to eliminate the current sales tax advantage that Non-Missouri vendors have over Missouri vendors, place a local use tax on Out-of-State purchases? This would be at the same rate as the local sales tax, currently 2.5%. If any local sales tax is repealed, reduced or raised by voter approval, the respective local use tax also shall be repealed, reduced or raised by the same action. Use tax shall not be required to be paid by persons whose purchases from Out-of-State vendors do not total more than two thousand dollars in any calendar year. VILLAGE OF RENICK Shall the Village of Renick increase property taxes to 80 cents per $ of assessed value? CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Constitutional Amendment No. 3 Proposed by the 96 th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SJR 51 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to: Appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and

4 Appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor s appointees be nonlawyers? There are no estimated costs or savings expected if this proposal is approved by voters. STATUTORY MEASURES Proposition A Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall Missouri law be amended to: Allow any city not within a county (the City of St. Louis) the option of transferring certain obligations and control of the city s police force from the board of police commissioners currently appointed by the governor to the city and establishing a municipal police force: Establish certain procedures and requirements for governing such a municipal police force including residency, rank, salary, benefits, insurance, and pension; and Prohibit retaliation against any employee of such municipal police force who reports conduct believed to be illegal to a superior, government agency, or the press? State governmental entities estimated savings will eventually be up to $500,000 annually. Local governmental entities estimated annual potential savings of $3.5 million; however, consolidation decisions with an unknown outcome may result in the savings being more or less than estimated. STATUTORY MEAUSRES Proposition B Proposed by the Initiative Petition Shall Missouri law be amended to:

5 Create the Health and Education Trust Fund with proceeds of a tax of $ per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer s invoice price for rollyour-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products: Use Fund proceeds to reduce and prevent tobacco use and for elementary, secondary, college, and university public school funding; and Increase the amount that certain tobacco product manufacturers must maintain in their escrow accounts, to pay judgments or settlements, before any funds in escrow can be refunded to the tobacco product manufacturer and create bonding requirements for these manufacturers: Estimated additional revenue to state government is $283 million to $423 million annually with limited estimated implementation costs or savings. The revenue will fund only programs and services allowed by the proposal. The fiscal impact to local governmental entities is unknown. Escrow fund changes may result in unknown increase in future state revenue. STATUTORY MEASURES Proposition E Proposed by the 96 th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SB 464 Shall Missouri law be amended to prohibit the Governor or any state agency, from establishing or operating state-based health insurance exchanges unless authorized by a vote of the people or by the legislature? No direct costs or savings for state and local governmental entities are expected from this proposal. Indirect costs or savings related to enforcement actions, missed federal funding, avoided implementation costs, and other issues are unknown.

6 CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT PAIR BARACK OBAMA (DEM) JOE BIDEN MITT ROMNEY (REP) PAUL RYAN GARY JOHNSON (LIB) JAMES P. GRAY VIRGIL GOODE (CST) JIM CLYMER FOR U.S. SENATOR CLAIRE McCASKILL (DEM) TODD AKIN (REP) JONATHAN DINE (LIB) FOR GOVERR JEREMIAH W. (JAY) NIXON (DEM) DAVID (DAVE) SPENCE (REP) JIM HIGGINS (LIB) FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERR SUSAN MONTEE (DEM) PETER KINDER (REP) MATTHEW COPPLE (LIB) CYNTHIA L. DAVIS (CST) FOR SECRETARY OF STATE JASON KANDER (DEM) SHANE SCHOELLER (REP) CISSE W. SPRAGINS (LIB) JUSTIN HARTER (CST)

7 FOR STATE TREASURER CLINT ZWEIFEL (DEM) COLE McNARY (REP) SEAN O TOOLE (LIB) FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS KOSTER (DEM) ED MARTIN (REP) DAVE BROWNING (LIB) FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 4 TERESA HENSLEY (DEM) VICKY HARTZLER (REP) THOMAS HOLBROOK (LIB) GREG COWAN (CST) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 6 DIANA J. SCOTT (DEM) TIM REMOLE (REP) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 44 KEN JACOB (DEM) CALEB ROWDEN (REP) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 47 JOHN A. WRIGHT (DEM) MITCH RICHARDS (REP) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 48 RON MONNIG (DEM) DAVE MUNTZEL (REP) FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE CIRCUIT 14

8 SCOTT A. HA (DEM) FOR COMMISSIONER EASTERN DISTRICT DONALD HUGHES JR. (DEM) ROBERT WAYNE WILCOX (REP) FOR COMMISSIONER WESTERN DISTRICT JERRY CRUTCHFIELD (DEM) FOR SHERIFF MARK NICHOLS (DEM) MICHAEL FUGATE (IND) DAVID MAGRUDER (IND) FOR ASSESSOR RICHARD TREGNAGO (DEM) J. KEVIN STONE (REP) FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR MARY JO COLLEY (REP) FOR CORONER GERALD LUNTSFORD (REP) MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE Shall Judge GEORGE W. DRAPER III of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office? MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, WESTERN DISTRICT

9 Shall Judge CYNTHIA LYNETTE MARTIN of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, WESTERN DISTRICT Shall Judge THOMAS H. NEWTON of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, WESTERN DISTRICT Shall Judge GARY D. WITT of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office? The polling places for said election will be: Cairo, Jacksonville,Levicks Mill..CairoBaptist Church Clark, Thomas Hill....City Hall Clifton Hill...Westran Middle School Higbee, Yates.....Higbee City Hall Huntsville Wards 1, 2, 3, 4,.. 1 st Baptist Church Salt Springs, Mt Airy, D ville... 1 st Baptist Church North Sugar Crk, Union. Family Life Church Renick... Renick School South Sugar Creek..... Central Christian College MOBERLY: Ward 1 Pct 1 & Pct 2...Jeff Ave Methodist Church Ward 2 Pct 1Ward 3 Pct 1...Moberly City Hall Ward 2 Pct 2 & Pct 3. YMCA Ward 3 Pct 2 & Pct 3...MACC-Activity Center Ward 4 Pct 1 & Pct 2. American Legion Hall The polling places will be open from the hours of 6:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. during which time any person properly registered to vote in the County of Randolph will be given the opportunity to cast his or her ballot. Given under my hand the official seal of the County of Randolph this 28th day of August, Will Ellis Clerk of the County Commission STATE OF MISSOURI } } SS COUNTY OF RANDOLPH } I, Will Ellis, Clerk of the County Commission, within and for Randolph County, Missouri, do hereby certify

10 that the above is a true and correct copy of the certification of election notices filed in this office for the November 6, 2012, election. IN TESTIMONY WHEREFO, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Commission at my office in Huntsville in said County the 28th day of August, Will Ellis County Clerk of Randolph County (Thursday- October 25, 2012 & November 1, 2012) Notice of Voter Registration Accessibility FURTHER TICE IS GIVEN that no less than one-half of the sites provided for voter registration shall be accessible to handicapped persons (RSMo 115,140). In addition, a disabled or elderly citizen may register to vote by alternative means including registration by mail, and curbside registration. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION AND VOTING: Persons may contact Will Ellis Local Election Authority for Randolph County by telephone at (660) , by mail at 110 South Main Street, Huntsville Missouri or Will.Ellis@randolphcounty-mo.gov The Missouri Secretary of State s office provides a toll free number for persons with hearing impairments who have access to a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD). TDD users may call to obtain information on voter registration, polling place location and accessibility, absentee balloting, and other election-related services available in their local jurisdictions and from the State of Missouri. (Thursday, October 25, 2012)

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