2012 Presidential & Wilson County Election Ballot

Wilson County - State of Kansas - November 6, 2012


Instructions:
To vote for presidential electors for candidates for president and vice-president darken the oval at the left of the names of the candidates. To vote for presidential electors to be selected by candidates for president and vice-president whose names are not printed on this ballot write the persons' names in the appropriate blank spaces and darken the oval at the left of the names of the candidates.

To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, darken the oval to the left of the name of the person for whom you desire to vote. To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot write such person's name in the blank space provided for the purpose and darken the oval to the left of the space. (IF YOU CHOSE TO VOTE FOR A WRITE IN CANDIDATE, YOU WILL NEED TO MARK THE WRITE IN SELECTION AND THEN GET A PAPER FROM MRS. WHEELER TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE YOUR WRITE IN VOTE.)


For Presidential Electors
For President and Vice President
Vote for One Set of Electors
Romney and Ryan (Republican)
Baldwin and Martin (Reform)
Johnson and Gray (Libertarian)
Obama and Biden (Democratic)
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For United States Representative
2nd District
Vote for One
Tobias Schlingensiepen (Topeka - Democratic)
Dennis Hawver (Ozawkia - Libertarian)
Lynn Jenkins (Topeka - Republican)
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For State Senate
14th District
Vote for One
Forrest J. Knox (Altoona - Republican)
Eden Fuson (Potwin - Democratic)
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For State Representative
13th District
Vote for One
Larry Paul Hibbard (Toronto - Republican)
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For State County Commissioner
3rd District
Vote for One
Casey A. Lair (Neodesha - Republican)
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For County Clerk
Vote for One
Rhonda Willard (Fredonia - Repbulican)
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For County Treasurer
Vote for One
Faye Price (Fredonia - Republican)
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For County Attorney
Vote for One
Jill E. Chard (Fredonial - Republican)
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For County Sherriff
Vote for One
Pete Figgins (Fredonia - Republican)
Randal K Harkrader (Fredonia - Democratic)
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For County Registrar of Deeds
Vote for One
Teresa A "Terri" Young (Fredonia - Republican)
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To vote for a Justice of the Supreme Court being retained in office, darken the oval to the left of the word "Yes." To vote against a Justice of the Supreme Court being retained in office, darken the oval to the left of the word "No."



Shall NANCY L. MORITZ, Topeka, Position No. 7, Kansas Supreme Court, be retained in office
Yes
No






To vote for a Judge on the Court of Appeals being retained in office, darken the oval to the left of the word "Yes." To vote against a Judge of the Court of Appeals being retained in office, darken the oval to the left of the word "No."



Shall STEVE LEBEN, Fairway, Position No. 2, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall G. JOSEPH PIERRON JR., Lawrence, Position No.3, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall DAVID E. BRUNS, Topeka, Position No. 5, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall G. GORDON ATCHESON, Overland Pard, Position No. 8, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall KAREN ARNOLD-BURGER, Overland Park, Position No. 9, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall RICHARD D. GREENE, Wichita, Position No. 10, Kansas Court of Appeals be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall DANIEL DALE CREITZ, Iola, District No. 31, Division No. 1, be retained in office?
Yes
No


Shall DARYL D. AHLQUIST, Chanute, District No. 1, Division No. 3, be retained in office?
Yes
No


Constitutional Amendment

Explanatory statement.
This amendment would allow the legislature to classify and tax watercraft upon a basis different from property.

A vote for this proposition would permit the legislature to provide for separate classification and taxation of watercraft or to exempt such property from property taxation and impose taxes in lieu thereof.

A vote against this proposition would continue the taxation of watercraft in the same manner as all other property.

Shall the following be adopted?

1. System of taxation; exemption,

(a) The provisions of this subsection shall govern the assessment and taxation of property on and after January 1, 2013, and each year thereafter. Except as otherwise hereinafter specifically provided, the legislature shall provide for a uniform and equal basis of valuation and rate of taxation of all property subject to taxation. The legislature may provide for the classification and the taxation uniformly as to class of recreational vehicles and watercraft, as defined by the legislature, or may exempt such class from property taxation and impose taxes upon another basis in lieu thereof. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable to the taxation of motor vehicles, except as otherwise hereinafter specifically provided, mineral products, money, mortgages, notes, and other evidence of debt and gain. Property shall be classified into the following classes for the purpose of assessment and assessed at the percentage of value prescribed therefor:

Class 1 shall consists of real property, Real property shall be further classified into seven subclasses. Such property shall be defined by law for the purpose of subclassification and assessed uniformly as to subclass at the following percentages of value.

(1) Real property used for residential purposes including multi-family residential real property and real property necessary to accommodate a residential community of mobile or manufactured homes including the real property upon which such homes are located.....11 1/2%

(2) Land devoted to agricultural use which shall be valued upon the basis of its agricultural income or agricultural productivity pursuant to section 12 of article 11 of the constitution......30%

(3) Vacant lots......12%

(4) Real property which is owned and operated by a not-for-profit organization not subject to federal income taxation pursuant to section 501 of the federal internal revenue code, and which is included in the subclass by law........12%

(5) Public utility real property, except railroad real property which shall be assessed at the average rate that all other commercial and industrial property is assessed.........33%

(6) Real property used for commercial and industrial purposes and buildings and other improvements located upon land devoted to agricultural use.......25%

(7) All other urban and rural real property not otherwise specifically subclassified.......30%


Class 2 shall consist of tangible personal property. Such tangible personal property shall be further classified into six subclasses, shall be defined by law for the purpose of subclassification and assessed uniformly as to subclass at the following percentages of value:

(1) Mobile homes used for residential purposes.......11 1/2%

(2) Mineral leasehold interests except oil leasehold interests the average daily production from which is five barrels or less, and natural gas leasehold interests the average daily production from which is 100 mcf or less, which shall be assessed at 25%...........30%

(3) Public utility tangible personal property including inventories thereof, except railroad personal property including inventories thereof, which shall be assessed at the average rate all other commercial and industrial property in assessed.........33%

(4) All categories of motor vehicles not defined and specifically valued and taxed pursuant to law enacted prior to January 1, 1985......30%

(5) Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment which, if its economic life is seven years or more, shall be valued at its retail cost when new less seven-year straight-line depreciation, or which, if its economic life is less than seven years, shall be valued at its retail cost when new less straight-line depreciation over its economic life, except that, the value so obtained for such property, notwithstanding its economic life and as long as such property is being used, shall not be lass than 20% of the retail cost when new of such property.......25%

(6) All other tangible personal property not otherwise specifically classified......30%

(b) All property used exclusively for state, county, municipal, literary, educational, scientific, religious, benevolent and charitable purposes, farm machinery and equipment, merchants' and manufacturers' inventories, other than public utility inventories included in subclass (3) of class 2, livestock, and all household goods and personal effects not used for the production of income shall be exempted from property taxation.
Yes
No





Ms. Sydney Cullison
Neodesha, KS