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Home My WebLink About2012 General Sample BallotNovember 06, 2012 Precinct 11-TOA OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION Eagle County, Colorado Instruction Text: This is a composite ballot for publication only. Races and questions are included for all districts and municipalities participating in the General Election. Your actual ballot will only contain races and questions for which you are eligible to vote, based on your Eagle County residential address and associated taxing districts. Eagle County Clerk & Recorder PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS (Vote for One Pair) Virgil H. Goode Jr. / Jim Clymer American Constitution Barack Obama / Joe Biden Democratic Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan Republican Gary Johnson / James P. Gray Libertarian Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala Green Stewart Alexander / Alex Mendoza Socialist, USA Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez Justice Roseanne Barr / Cindy Lee Sheehan Peace and Freedom James Harris / Alyson Kennedy Socialist Workers Tom Hoefling / Jonathan D. Ellis America's Gloria La Riva / Filberto Ramirez Jr. Socialism and Liberation Merlin Miller / Harry V. Bertram American Third Position Jill Reed / Tom Cary Unaffiliated Thomas Robert Stevens / Alden Link Objectivist Sheila "Samm" Tittle / Matthew A. Turner We the People Jerry White / Phyllis Scherrer Socialist Equality Write-in REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 113TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS - DISTRICT 2 (Vote for One) Kevin Lundberg Republican Jared Polis Democratic Randy Luallin Libertarian Susan P. Hall Green REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 113TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS - DISTRICT 3 (Vote for One) Sal Pace Democratic Scott R. Tipton Republican Gregory Gilman Libertarian Tisha T. Casida Unaffiliated (Signed declaration to limit service to no more than 3 terms) Write-in STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2 (Vote for One) Angelika Schroeder Democratic Ann Fattor Republican David G. Cottrell Libertarian REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - AT LARGE (Vote for One) Stephen C. Ludwig Democratic Tyler Belmont American Constitution Brian Davidson Republican Daniel Ong Libertarian REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3 (Vote for One) Jessica Garrow Democratic Glenn Gallegos Republican STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 26 (Vote for One) Chuck McConnell Republican Diane E. Mitsch Bush Democratic DISTRICT ATTORNEY - 5th JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Vote for One) Scott W. Turner Republican Bruce Brown Democratic JUSTICE OF THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT Shall Justice Nathan B. Coats of the Colorado Supreme Court be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS- Laurie A. Booras Shall Judge Laurie A. Booras of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS - James S. Casebolt Shall Judge James S. Casebolt of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS - Dennis A. Graham Shall Judge Dennis A. Graham of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS - Gale T. Miller Shall Judge Gale T. Miller of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS - Daniel Marc Taubman Shall Judge Daniel Marc Taubman of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COURT OF APPEALS - John R. Webb Shall Judge John R. Webb of the Colorado Court of Appeals be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No COUNTY JUDGE, EAGLE - Katharine T. Sullivan Shall Judge Katharine T. Sullivan of the Eagle County Court be retained in office? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Vote Both Sides Vote Both Sides10000140100093 0623031195 November 06, 2012 Precinct 11-TOA OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION Eagle County, Colorado COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 (Vote for One) Jill Ryan Democratic Jeff Layman Republican Dale Nelson Unaffiliated COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 (Vote for One) Jon Stavney Democratic Courtney Holm Republican STATE OF COLORADO Ballot questions referred by the general assembly or any political subdivision are listed by letter, and ballot questions initiated by the people are listed numerically. A ballot question listed as an "amendment" proposes a change to the Colorado constitution, and a ballot question listed as a "proposition" proposes a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes. A "yes" vote on any ballot question is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a "no" vote on any ballot question is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. Amendment S (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the state personnel system, and, in connection therewith, expanding the veterans' preference; increasing the number of candidates eligible to be appointed to a position; adjusting the duration of allowable temporary employment; allowing the flexibility to remove a limited number of positions from the system; modifying the residency requirement; adjusting the terms of service for members of the state personnel board; and requiring merit-based appointments to be made through a comparative analysis process? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Amendment 64 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores; permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Amendment 65 (CONSTITUTIONAL) Shall there be amendments to the Colorado constitution and the Colorado revised statutes concerning support by Colorado's legislative representatives for a federal constitutional amendment to limit campaign contributions and spending, and, in connection therewith, instructing Colorado's congressional delegation to propose and support, and the members of Colorado's state legislature to ratify, an amendment to the United States constitution that allows congress and the states to limit campaign contributions and spending? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No TOWN OF AVON Candidates for Town Council Vote for up to three (3) candidates for four year terms Albert "Buz" Reynolds Jennie Fancher Jake Wolf John Minervini Matt Gennett Vote Both Sides Vote Both Sides10000140200003 0623031195 November 06, 2012 Precinct 11-TOA OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION Eagle County, Colorado TOWN OF VAIL Ballot Issue 2A Shall all references to the masculine gender in the Vail Town Charter be amended to be gender - neutral? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Ballot Issue 2B Shall the words "following the first Monday" be deleted from Section 2.3 of the Vail Town Charter, so that Town of Vail elections will fall on the first Tuesday in November, consistent with other elections in the state? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Ballot Issue 2C Because federal and state election laws have changed so that an election commission is no longer necessary or warranted, shall Section 2.5 of the Vail Town Charter, requiring an election commission, be repealed in its entirety? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Ballot Issue 2D Because state law provides adequate procedures for initiative and referendum, shall the sections of the Vail Town Charter addressing those issues, Sections 5.3 (b), 5.3 (c), 5.3 (d), 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 be repealed in their entirety, and shall Section 5.2 be amended to read as follows: "The procedures for initiative and referendum shall be as provided in state statute governing municipal initiative and referendum."? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Ballot Issue 2E Because Section 8.4 of the Vail Town Charter currently refers to a separate Planning Commission and a separate Environmental Commission, and because the Town has a single, combined Planning and Environmental Commission, shall Section 8.4 of the Town of Vail Town Charter be repealed in its entirety, and shall Section 8.3 of the Vail Town Charter be amended to read as follows: "There shall be established a seven (7) member planning and environmental commission appointed by the council. Members of the planning and environmental commission shall be residents of the Town of Vail and registered electors. The terms of appointment to the planning commission shall be two (2) years on an overlapping basis. The functions of the planning and environmental commission shall be defined by ordinance and include but not be limited to aesthetic, architectural, environmental and ecological coordination and planning relating to the enhancement and the preservation of the quality of life."? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No Ballot Issue 2F Shall Section 9.4 of the Vail Town Charter be amended to read as follows: " 9.4 Capital Program. Each annual budget shall include a long-range capital program. The percentage of revenues to be allocated to the long-range capital program shall be established by ordinance of the Town Council."? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No BASALT & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Ballot Issue 4A SHALL BASALT & RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED UP TO $1,037,809 FOR THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY AN ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY OF NOT MORE THAN 3.05 MILLS (FOR A TOTAL GENERAL OPERATING MILL LEVY OF 8.0 MILLS, EXCLUSIVE OF REFUNDS, ABATEMENTS, OR DEBT SERVICE), COMMENCING IN TAX YEAR 2012 FOR COLLECTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2013, WITH SUCH PROCEEDS TO BE USED TO SUSTAIN THE QUALITY OF THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL OPERATIONS IN LIGHT OF DECLINING PROPERTY VALUES AND RESULTING DECREASED REVENUES, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF ESSENTIAL FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, REPLACING NECESSARY MAJOR FIREFIGHTING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS, AND IMPLEMENTING NECESSARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND SHALL SUCH TAX PROCEEDS BE COLLECTED, RETAINED AND SPENT BY THE DISTRICT AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE IN EACH YEAR, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY APPLICABLE LIMITATION ON REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND PART 3 OF ARTICLE 1 OF TITLE 29, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AS AMENDED? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No EAGLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Ballot Issue 5A SHALL EAGLE RIVER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT'S TAXES BE INCREASED BY $1,788,361 IN 2013, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE COLLECTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY AT A RATE NOT GREATER THAN 3.770 MILLS WHICH TOGETHER WITH THE EXISTING MILL LEVY OF 5.55 MILLS IS SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE 2010 TAX REVENUES ADJUSTED ANNUALLY FOR INFLATION AND LOCAL GROWTH (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION) TO PAY DISTRICT EXPENSES; AND SHALL SUCH REVENUES BE COLLECTED NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER REVENUE LIMITS PROVIDED BY LAW? (Vote Yes or No) Yes No20000140300092 0623031195 This page intentionally left blank20000140400002 0623031195