(First Published October 24 2014) NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a General Election will be held in the State of Missouri on the 4th, day of November 2014 for the purpose of voting on candidates and statewide ballot measures ( 115.125,RSMo) OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 2014 NEWTON COUNTY MISSOURI To vote complete the arrow(s) pointing to your choice(s) like this. Use marking device provided. CANDIDATES: Complete the arrow next to the name of the Candidate for whom you wish to vote. PROPOSITIONS OR QUESTIONS: If you are in FAVOR of the proposition or question, complete the arrow next to the word YES. If you are OPPOSED to the proposition or question complete the arrow next to the word NO. WRITE-IN: to vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot, write his or her name in the blank space provided for such purposes and complete the arrow next to the space provided. STATE AUDITOR TOM SCHWEICHR SEAN O'TOOLEL RODNEY FARTHINGC U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7 JIM EVANSD BILLY LONGR KEVIN CRAIGL STATE SENATOR 32ND DISTRICT RON RICHARDR STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 159: BILL LANTR DISTRICT 160 BILL REIBOLDTR DISTRICT 161 CHARLES (HUGH) SHIELDSD WILLIAM (BILL) WHITER DISTRICT 162 CHARLIE DAVISR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE DIV.II GREGORY STREMELR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE DIV. III KEVIN L. SELBYR PRESIDING COMMISSIONER OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION JENNA LEA BOOTHD MARILYN RUESTMANR ROXIE FAUSNAUGHTL CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT PATTY A. KRUEGERR COUNTY CLERK KAY BAUMR RECORDER OF DEEDS LENORA HYDERR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY JACOB R. SKOUBYR COLLECTOR OF REVENUE JAMES W. (JIM) OTEYR COUNTY AUDITOR CHARLOTTE WALKER WARDR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2 Proposed by the 97th General Assembly (First Regular Session) SCS HJR 16 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended so that it will be permissible to allow relevant evidence of prior criminal acts to be admissible in prosecutions for crimes of a sexual nature involving a victim under eighteen years of age? If more resources are needed to defend increased prosecutions additional costs to governmental entities could be a least $1.4 million annually, otherwise the fiscal impact is expected to be limited. YES NO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3 Proposed by Initiative Petition Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to: require teachers to be evaluated by a standards based performance evaluation system for which each local school district must receive state approval to continue receiving state and local funding; require teachers to be dismissed, retained , demoted, promoted and paid primarily using quantifiable student performance data as part of the evaluation system; require teachers to enter into contracts of three years or fewer with public school districts; and prohibit teachers from organizing or collectively bargaining regarding the design and implementation of the teacher evaluation system? Decisions by school districts regarding provisions allowed or required by this proposal and their implementation will influence the potential costs or savings impacting each district. Significant potential costs may be incurred by the state and/or the districts if new/additional evaluation instruments must be developed to satisfy the proposal's performance evaluation requirements. YES NO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 6 Proposed by the 97th General Assembly (Second Regular Session) SS SCS HCS HJR No. 90 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to permit voting in person or by mail for a period of six business days prior to and including the Wednesday before the election day in general elections, but only if the legislature and the governor appropriate and disburse funds to pay for the increased costs of such voting? State governmental entities estimated startup costs of about $2 million and costs to reimburse local election authorities of at least $100,000 per election. Local election authorities estimated higher reimbursable costs per election. Those costs will depend on the compensation, staffing, and, planning decisions of election authorities with the total costs being unknown. YES NO CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 10 Proposed by the 97th general assembly (Second Regular Session) HJR No. 72 Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require the governor to pay the public debt, to prohibit the governor from relying on revenue from legislation not yet passed when proposing a budget, and to provide a legislative check on the governor's decisions to restrict funding for education and other state services? State governmental entities expect no direct costs or savings. Local governmental entities expect an unknown fiscal impact. YES NO OFFICIAL JUDICIAL BALLOT MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE Shall Judge LAURA DENVIR STITH of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge PAUL CAMPBELL WILSON of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office? YES NO MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGES, SOUTHERN DISTRICT Shall Judge MARY W. SHEFFIELD of the Southern District Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Shall Judge NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER of the Southern District Court of Appeals be retained in office? YES NO Polling places will open at 6:00 a.m. and shall close at 7:00 p.m. during which time any person properly registered to vote in Newton County will be given the opportunity to cast his or her ballot. Polling places for said election will be: CrowderBaptist Student Union DiamondDiamond Memorial Hall FairviewHammon's Comm. Center GranbyGranby Annex Bldg. HornetHornet Christian Church East NeoshoLutheran Church West NeoshoNew Mac Electric Neosho #1Neosho High School Neosho #2Northside Baptist Church Neosho #3Neosho Civic Center Neosho #4Lampo Comm. Center NewtoniaNewtonia Comm. Center RedingRedings Mill Fire Station #1 RitcheyRitchey Comm. Bldg. SenecaSeneca City Hall Staples EastPark Plaza Christian Church Staples WestMO Army Nat. Guard Staples #21Fairview Baptist Church Staples #27Calvary Baptist Church StellaStella Senior Center ThurmanSaginaw Baptist Church WentworthWentworth City Hall WestviewBethany Baptist Church IN TESTIMONY WHEROF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Seal of my office in the City of Jefferson, State Of Missouri this 25th day of August 2014. Jason Kander Secretary of State Done by the order of the Election Authority of Newton County, MO this 14th day of October 2014. Kay Baum County Clerk (SEAL) By: Brenda Wheeler Elections Clerk (094)
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