FRANKLIN COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6^TH, 2012

DEM - Democratic Party
REP – Republican Party
LIB – Libertarian Party
CST – Constitution Party

FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:                                                   

DEM                           Barack Obama                                                                     

                                    Joe Biden                                                                               

REP                             Mitt Romney                                                                         

                                    Paul Ryan

LIB                             Gary Johnson

                                    James P. Gray

CST                             Virgil Goode

                                    Jim Clymer

FOR U.S. SENATOR:

DEM                           Claire McCaskill                                 1941 Spring House Dr., St. Louis 63122

REP                             Todd Akin                                          3370 Bouquet Rd, Pacific 63069

LIB                             Jonathan Dine                                     5116 NW Kalivas Dr, Apt 62, Riverside 64150

FOR GOVERNOR:

DEM                           Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon                     100 Madison St, Jefferson City 65101-3061

REP                             David (Dave) Spence                          2021 Warson Rd S, St. Louis 63124

LIB                             Jim Higgins                                         11944 Craig View Dr, St. Louis 63146

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:

DEM                           Susan Montee                                     2715 Kenwood Dr, Jefferson City 65109-9264

REP                             Peter Kinder                                        1220 Rockwood Dr, Cape Girardeau 63701

LIB                             Matthew Copple                                 4037 NE 59^th Terr, Gladstone 64119

CST                             Cynthia L. Davis                                 1008 Highway K, O’Fallon 63366

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE:

DEM                           Jason Kander                                      1300 Meadow Lake Terr, Kansas City 64114

REP                             Shane Schoeller                                   503 S. Chandler Dr, Willard 65781

LIB                             Cisse W. Spragins                               3425 Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City 64123

CST                             Justin Harter                                        1802 E. Broadway, Apt 3W, Columbia 65203

FOR STATE TREASURER:

DEM                           Clint Zweifel                                       704 Gunnison Ct, Columbia 65203

REP                             Cole McNary                                      413 Strawbridge Dr, Chesterfield 63017

LIB                             Sean O’Toole                                      3425 Gladstone Blvd, Kansas City 64123

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:

DEM                           Chris Koster                                        201 W. McCarty St, Apt 7, Jefferson City 65101

REP                             Ed Martin                                            6427 Devonshire Ave, St. Louis 63109

LIB                             Dave Browning                                   2715 S. Gardner Rd, Oak Grove 64075

FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – 3^RD DISTRICT:

DEM                           Eric C. Mayer                                      377 Harvest Rd, Camdenton 65020

REP                             Blaine Luetkemeyer                            619 Main St, St. Elizabeth 65075

LIB                             Steven Wilson                                     1995 Hwy 63, Apt A4, Westphalia 65085

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE:

61^ST DISTRICT:

DEM                           Michael Sage                                       1655 Little Bay Rd, Hermann 65041

REP                             Dave Schatz                                        700 Schatz Ln, Sullivan 63080

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE:

109^TH DISTRICT:

DEM                           Ann Schroeder                                    609 W. Main St, Union 63084

REP                             Paul Curtman                                      315 E. Sand St, Pacific 63069

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE:

110^TH DISTRICT:

REP                             Timothy W. Jones                               16 Upper Bluffs View Ct, Eureka 63025

FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE:

119^TH DISTRICT:

REP                             Dave Hinson                                       10 Harbor Dr, St. Clair 63077

CIRCUIT JUDGE – CIRCUIT 20, DIVISION 1:

REP                             Gael D. Wood                                     1500 Dogwood Terr, Washington 63090

1^ST DISTRICT COMMISSIONER:

REP                             Tim Brinker                                         1330 Regina Dr, Washington 63090

2^ND DISTRICT COMMISSIONER:

DEM                           Teresa Connelly                                  2144 Bachelor Creek Rd, Union 63084

REP                             Michael A. Schatz                               9007 Highway 185, Sullivan 63080

SHERIFF:

REP                             Gary F. Toelke                                    540 Honeysuckle Ln, Union 63084

ASSESSOR:

DEM                           Angela J. Beckett                                735 Little Fox Ct, Union 63084

REP                             Tom Copeland                                    636 Second Creek Rd, Union 63084

LIB                              Robert Trokey                                     349 Oak Grove Ct, Sullivan 63080

TREASURER:

REP                             Debbie Willming Aholt                       6740 Highway KK, Washington 63090

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR:

DEM                           Mary Jo Straatmann                            622 S. Lincoln Ave, Union 63084

REP                             Julie Bowen                                        6912 Highway BB, Union 63084

CITY OF PACIFIC

FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE - UNEXPIRED 2 YEAR TERM - VOTE FOR ONE

Dan Leslie                               478 Quail Point, Labadie, MO 63055                                    636-432-2872

JUDICIAL BALLOT

Submitting to the voters whether the Judges named below, whose terms expire December 31, 2012, shall be retained in office for new terms.

MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE

            Shall Judge GEORGE W. DRAPER III of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes

No

MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS

JUDGES, EASTERN DISTRICT

            Shall Judge GARY M. GAERTNER, JR. of the Eastern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

No

            Shall Judge SHERRI B. SULLIVAN of the Eastern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

No

            Shall Judge ROBERT CLAYTON of the Eastern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

No

            Shall Judge LAWRENCE E. MOONEY of the Eastern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

No

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 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

• appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor’s appointees be non-lawyers?

There are no estimated costs or savings expected if this proposal is approved by voters.

Yes

No

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.

Yes

No

PROPOSITION B

Proposed by Initiative Petition

            Shall Missouri law be amended to:

• create the Health and Education Trust Fund with proceeds of a tax of $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer’s invoice price for roll-your-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.

Yes

No

PROPOSTION 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.

Yes

No

COUNTY OF FRANKLIN

QUESTION

            Shall the maximum tax levied by the County of Franklin to improve, expand and develop residential services, employment programs, and related services for those children and adults with developmental disabilities such as, but not limited to, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Down Syndrome, learning disability related to brain dysfunction, mental retardation, traumatic brain injury or otherwise handicapped children and adults as defined in the Revised Statutes of Missouri be increased from $0.10 (cents) to a maximum of $0.20 (cents) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation?

Yes

No

CITY OF GERALD

BALLOT PROPOSITION

            SHALL THE CITY OF GERALD BE ALLOWED TO IMPOSE A ONE CENT PER DOLLAR SALES TAX FOR A PERIOD OF EIGHT TAX YEARS, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2013 AND ENDING OR “SUNSETTING” DECEMBER 31, 2020, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING, EXPANDING AND MAINTAINING THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF GERALD AND REDUCE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY FROM 1.0002 CENTS PER ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUATION TO 0.9502 CENTS PER ONE-HUNDRED DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUATION?

            IF PASSED, THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS MEASURE WILL BE TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $110,000.00 ANNUALLY FOR THE YEARS 2013 THROUGH 2020, USED ONLY TO MAINTAIN AND CONSTRUCT PUBLIC STREETS.  THE PROPERTY TAX BILL OF EVERY OWNER OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF GERALD SHALL BE REDUCED BY APPROXIMATELY FIVE PERCENT (5%) ANNUALLY.

Yes

No

STRAIN-JAPAN R-XVI SCHOOL DISTRICT

OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, MISSOURI

QUESTION

            Shall Strain-Japan R-XVI School District of Franklin County, Missouri, be authorized to increase the operating tax levy ceiling of the District to $3.5342 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation for general operating purposes?  If this proposition is approved, the adjusted operating levy of the District will increase by $0.3500 from $3.1842 currently to $3.5342 per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.

Yes

No