(First Published October 24, 2014) OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 2014 JAPER COUNTY, MISSOURI INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS 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. FOR STATE AUDITOR (Vote for One) TOM SCHWEICHREP SEAN O'TOOLELIB RODNEY FARTHINGCST (Write-In) FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 7TH DISTRICT (Vote for One) JIM EVANSDEM BILLY LONGREP KEVIN CRAIGLIB (Write-In) FOR STATE SENATOR 32ND DISTRICT (Vote for One) RON RICHARDREP (Write-In) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 127TH DISTRICT (Vote for One) MIKE KELLEYREP (Write-In) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 163RD DISTRICT (Vote for One) MICHAEL JARRETDEM TOM FLANIGANREP FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 162ND DISTRICT (Vote for One) CHARLIE DAVISREP (Write-In) FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE 161ST DISTRICT (Vote for One) CHARLES (HUGH) SHIELDSDEM WILLIAM (BILL) WHITEREP (Write-In) FOR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE DIVISION 4 (Vote for One) JOHN NICHOLASREP (Write-In) FOR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE DIVISION 5 (Vote for One) JOE HENSLEYREP (Write-In) FOR ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGE DIVISION 6 (Vote for One) STEPHEN P. CARLTONREP (Write-In) FOR PRESIDING COMMISSION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION (Vote for One) JOHN BARTOSHREP (Write-In) FOR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (Vote for One) MELISSA HOLCOMBREP (Write-In) FOR CLERK OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION (Vote for One) MARILYN S. BAUGHREP (Write-In) FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS (Vote for One) CHARLOTTE FEATHER PICKERINGREP (Write-In) FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY (Vote for One) DEAN G. DANKELSONREP (Write-In) FOR COLLECTOR OF REVENUE (Vote for One) STEPHEN H. HOLTREP (Write-In) FOR AUDITOR (Vote for One) RICHARD M. WEBSTER, JR. REP (Write-In) 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 at 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 start up 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 Constituion 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 experience an unknown fiscal impact YES NO JUDICIAL BALLOT Submitting to the voters whether the Judge named below, whose term expires December 31, 2014, shall be retained in office for a new term. VOTE ON EACH JUDGE 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 APPEALS JUDGE 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 JASPER COUNTY PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES REVISED 4/15/13 PRECINCT:POLLING PLACES: Alba/Neck City/PurcellAlba City Hall Asbury/Medoc/WacoAsbury City Hall Carl Junction1/Carl Junction 2Carl Junction Christian Church Carl Junction3/Carl Junction 4Briarbrook CID Building Carterville, All WardsCarterville Methodist Church Carthage 1Memorial Hall Carthage 2Memorial Hall Carthage 3First Christian Church Lighthouse Carthage 4Church of the Nazarene Carthage 5Fairview Christian Church Centennial/Gem/ReedsLucky J Restaurant&Arena DuenwegMunicipal Building East JacksonCoachlight Trailer Sales West JacksonCarterville City Hall JasperJasper Christian Church Joplin 1/Joplin 8Donald E. Clark Justice Center Joplin 2/Joplin 3Royal Heights Methodist Church Joplin 4MSSU Justice Center Joplin 5/Joplin 7First Community Church Joplin 10/Joplin 11Joplin Association for the Blind Joplin 12/Joplin 14First United Methodist Church Joplin 13Joplin Housing Authority Joplin 15/Central CitySt. Paul's Methodist Church Joplin 16/Joplin 18Joplin Senior Center Joplin 22/Joplin 24Byers Avenue Methodist Church Joplin 23Villa Heights Christian Church Joplin 25/Joplin 26Fellowship Baptist Church LakesideCarterville Christian Church Lincoln/SheridanZion Baptist Church North MadisonCenter Point Christian Church South MadisonBethany Baptist Church MarionMt. Moriah Methodist Church MonitorBrooklyn Heights Town Hall McDonaldAvilla School Oronogo 1Oronogo City Hall Oronogo 2Harry S. Truman Elementary Pine/Prairie StarCountyside Church Annex RexDuquesne City Hall Sarcoxie 1/Sarcoxie 2/La RussellCommunity Building TuckahoeAirport Drive Village Municipal Bldg. Webb City 1/Webb City 2Webb City Middle School Webb City 3Webb City Junior High School Webb City4Mark Twain Elementary School ZinciteFir Road Christian Church CERTIFICATION State of Missouri ss. Secretary of State I, Jason Kander, Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct list, containing the name and address of each person who has filed a written declaration of candidacy in my office and is entitled to be voted on at the general election, together with a statement of the office for which he or she is a candidate and the party he or she represents, or that he or she is an independent candidate. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 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. (SEAL) Jason Kander Secretary of State I, Bonnie Earl, County Clerk within and for the county of Jasper do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct list as certified to me by Jason Kander, Secretary of State, State of Missouri, of the offices for which candidates are entitled to be voted for at the GENERAL ELECTION to be held November 4, 2014. (SEAL) Bonnie Earl Jasper County Clerk (092)