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GENERAL ELECTION
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GENERAL, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND SPECIAL ELECTION TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA
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NOVEMBER 8, 2016
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OFFICE RUNS BY DISTRICT
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GENERAL ELECTION
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TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA
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NOVEMBER 8, 2016
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FOR PRESIDENT, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
"Shall the following Amendments to the Constitution of Alabama be adopted?"
(Vote for One)
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WHICH APPLY TO THE STATE AT LARGE
(Vote for One)
TWINKLE ANDRESS CAVANAUGH Republican
CARLA TALTON Write-in
FOR CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, PLACE NO. 1
STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING
(Vote for One) RAY D. MARTIN
ALABAMA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Democrat
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWOR (2)
Democrat
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution ✓ of Alabama of 1901, to prohibit any monies from the State Parks Fund, the Parks Revolving Fund, or any fund receiving revenues currently deposited in the State Parks Fund or the Parks Revolving Fund, and any monies currently designated pursuant to statute for the use of the state parks system from being transferred for another purpose other than the support, upkeep, and maintenance of the state parks system.
WILLIAM G. "Bill" HARRIS
(Vote for One)
Republican
Write-in
Democrat
FOR SUPERINTENDENT, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
DONALD J. TRUMP MICHAEL R. PENCE
(Vote for One)
Republican
JOSEPH C. WINDLE Democrat
GARY JOHNSON WILLIAM WELD
Notwithstanding, in the event that guest revenues to the State Parks Revolving Fund exceed the threshold of $50 million (as annually adjusted based on increases Rin the consumer price index) in a fiscal year, the ✓ sales and use and cigarette tax revenue RSystem distributed to benefit the State Parks shall be reduced in the following fiscal year. ✓ The amount of the reduction shall correspond to the amount of guest revenue to the State Parks Revolving Fund exceeding the threshold. The amount of tax revenue not distributed to benefit the State Parks System shall be distributed to the General Fund.
Write-in
FOR MEMBER, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT NO. 4
JILL STEIN AJAMU BARAKA
(Vote for One)
Independent
CARLA TALTON Republican
KAREN B. WHITE Independent
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Proposing an amendment to Amendment 617 ✓ of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to allow the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the option to provide for the operation and management, by non-state entities, of hotels, golf courses, and restaurants at any applicable state parks in Alabama. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-145)
Write-in
Write-in
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 4
(Vote for One)
(Vote for One) RON CRUMPTON
DANIEL TRAPP
Democrat
Republican
R
RICHARD C. SHELBY Republican
Independent
KAREN B. WHITE
R
✓ Write-in
R
✓
Republican
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 2 ✓
Write-in
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE (3)
FOR UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to revise the procedure for adoption of local constitutional amendments to provide that a proposed constitutional amendment the Legislature determines without a dissenting vote applies to only one county or a political subdivision within one or more counties shall be adopted as a valid part of the constitution by a favorable vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the affected county or the political subdivision and county or counties in which the political subdivision is located, who vote on the amendment. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-44)
(Vote for One) JESSE SMITH Democrat
MIKE ROGERS Republican
Write-in
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, PLACE NO. 1 (Vote for One) MICHAEL F. "Mike" BOLIN
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 3
Republican
Write-in
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, PLACE NO. 2
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR (4)
(Vote for One)
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize each county commission in the state to establish, subject to certain limitations, certain programs related to the administration of the affairs of the county. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-220)
KELLI WISE Republican
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 4
TOM PARKER
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NO-Statewide Amendment No. 11
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THIS OFFICE RUNS BY BEAT ✓ FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 1
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(Vote for One) Write-in
Republican
Write-in
FOR RCONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA ✓ COUNTY BEAT NO. 7
CHRIS FENN
(Vote for One)
Republican
Write-in
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 3-1
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 8
(Vote for One)
(Vote for One)
(Vote for One)
Write-in
JAMES BURKHALTER
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FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 15
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 3-2
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 16
Republican
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 9
(Vote for One) Write-in
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal any existing age restriction on the appointment, election, or service of an appointed or elected official, with the exception of persons elected or appointed to a judicial office, and to prohibit the Legislature from enacting any law imposing a maximum age limitation on the appointment, election, or service of any appointed or elected official. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-429)
(Vote for One)
Republican
JERRY WHETSTONE
(Vote for One)
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 10
Republican
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 4
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 11
(Vote for One) DANIEL TRAPP
Republican
Write-in
(Vote for One)
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 18 (Vote for One)
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER NINE (9)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 14
Relating to Pickens County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that a person who is not over the age of 75 at the time of qualifying for election or at the time of his or her appointment may be elected or appointed to the office of Judge of Probate of Pickens County. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-120)
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 14
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 9
Write-in
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER TEN (10) Relating to Calhoun County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that any territory located in the county would be subject only to the police jurisdiction and planning jurisdiction of a municipality located wholly or partially in the county. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-144)
Write-in
Write-in
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 12
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 5
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to amend Amendment 448 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 71.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to ratify, approve, validate, and confirm the application of any budget isolation resolution relating to a bill proposing a local law adopted by the Legislature before November 8, 2016, that conformed to the rules of either body of the Legislature at the time it was adopted. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-430)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 9
(Vote for One)
Republican
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 13 PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOURTEEN (14)
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 8
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 17
(Vote for One)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 13
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 8 Write-in
LYNN D. BOGLE
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 3-3
(Vote for One)
NO
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 12
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to declare that it is the public policy of Alabama that the right of persons to work may not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an agreement to deny the right to work, or place conditions on prospective employment, on account of membership or nonmembership in a labor union or labor organization; to prohibit an employer from requiring its employees to abstain from union membership as a condition of employment; and to provide that an employer may not require a person, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, to pay dues, fees, or other charges of any kind to any labor union or labor organization. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-86)
(Vote for One)
YES
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER THIRTEEN (13)
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT (8)
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 14
Do you favor the local law authorizing the levy of a fire protection fee of fifty dollars ($50) per year on each residence and one hundred dollars ($100) on each commercial business, which shall be used to fund fire protection within the Tallassee Fire District in Tallapoosa County?
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 12
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 7
(Vote for One)
Write-in
(Vote for One)
R
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 13
FAYE INGRAM
✓ FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 2
NO
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWELVE (12)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 7
FOR CONSTABLE, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BEAT NO. 6
(Vote for One)
YES
Relating to municipalities in Baldwin County; proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to authorize the Legislature by general or local law to provide for any municipalities in the county to incorporate a toll road and bridge authority as a public corporation in the municipality for the construction and operation of toll roads and bridges in the municipality and to authorize the authority to issue revenue bonds to finance the projects. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-274)
R
(Vote for One)
(Vote for One)
Republican
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to become operative January 1, 2017, to repeal and replace Article VII, Impeachments. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-199)
Relating to Etowah County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide that the employees of the Office of Sheriff of Etowah County, except for the chief deputy, chief of detention, chief of administration, chief of investigation, director of communications, and food service manager, shall be under the authority of the of the Personnel Board of the Office of the Sheriff of Etowah County. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-97)
✓
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 4
(Vote for One)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 11
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER SEVEN (7)
Write-in
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, PLACE NO. 3
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX (6)
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 6
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SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages outside the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county on Sunday as further provided for and regulated by ordinance of the county commission.
TALLASSEE FIRE DISTRICT
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 6
JOHN HARDY NO-Statewide Amendment No. 3
✓
✓
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 2
Write-in
✓
Write-in
R
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER ELEVEN (11) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to permit cities and counties, notwithstanding any existing constitutional restrictions, to utilize tax increment district revenues collected within a Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone and other moneys to incentivize the establishment and improve various types of manufacturing facilities located or to be located in such Zone, and to validate and confirm the Major 21st Century Manufacturing Zone Act, Act No. 2013-51. (Proposed by Act No. 2016-267)
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 5
MICHAEL CARTER
R
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE (5) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal and restate the provisions of Article III of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 relating to separation of powers to modernize the language without making any substantive change, effective January 1, 2017. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-200)
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 5
FOR MEMBER, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT NO. 3R (Vote for One) ✓
NO-Statewide Amendment No. 1
D. JEREMY DUERR
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON TIMOTHY MICHAEL KAINE
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to establish procedures to ensure that no more than three of the members of the Auburn University Board of Trustees shall have terms that expire in the same calendar year and to add two additional at-large members to the board to enhance diversity on the board. (Proposed by Act No. 2015-217)
R
(Vote for One)
FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Republican
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 1 ✓
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY
PROPOSED STATEWIDE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE (1)
R
Write-in
Independent
FOR MEMBER, TALLAPOOSA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT NO. 4
RICHARD K. HAMMONDS Write-in
Write-in
Independent
YES-Statewide Amendment No. 10 Write-in
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NO-Statewide Amendment No. 10
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