OFFICIAL BALLOT YES FEDERAL (MITT ROMNEY (PAUL RYAN (BARACK OBAMA (JOE BIDEN PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION

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1 VEMBER 6, 2012 GENERAL ELECTION STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLIIS OFFICIAL BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote, complete the oval to the LEFT of your choice, like this (R). To cast a write-in vote, complete the oval to the LEFT of the blank space provided and write the candidate's name in that space. For specific information, refer to the card of instruction posted in the voting booth. If you tear, soil, deface or erroneously mark this ballot, return it to the Election Judge and obtain another. Vote both sides of ballot if applicable. FEDERAL FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (MITT ROMNEY (PAUL RYAN PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLIIS CONSTITUTION (BARACK OBAMA (JOE BIDEN "TICE THE FAILURE TO VOTE THIS BALLOT MAY BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A NEGATIVE VOTE, BECAUSE A CONVENTION SHALL BE CALLED OR THE AMENDMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IF APPROVED BY EITHER THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE VOTING ON THE QUESTION OR A MAJORITY OF THOSE VOTING IN THE ELECTION. (THIS IS T TO BE CONSTRUED AS A DIRECTION THAT YOUR VOTE IS REQUIRED TO BE CAST EITHER IN FAVOR OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSITION HEREIN CONTAINED.) WHETHER YOU VOTE THIS BALLOT OR T YOU MUST RETURN IT TO THE ELECTION JUDGE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE VOTING BOOTH". (GARY JOHNSON (JAMES P. GRAY LIBERTARIAN (JILL STEIN (HOWIE HAWKINS GREEN CONSTITUTION BALLOT PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE 1970 ILLIIS CONSTITUTION Explanation of Amendment Upon approval by the voters, the proposed amendment, which takes effect on January 9, 2013, adds a new section to the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Constitution. The new section would require a three-fifths majority vote of each chamber of the General Assembly, or the governing body of a unit of local government, school district, or pension or retirement system, in order to increase a benefit under any public pension or retirement system. At the general election to be held on November 6, 2012, you will be called upon to decide whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution. If you believe the Illinois Constitution should be amended to require a three-fifths majority vote in order to increase a benefit under any public pension or retirement system, you should vote "" on the question. If you believe the Illinois Constitution should not be amended to require a three-fifths majority vote in order to increase a benefit under any public pension or retirement system, you should vote "" on the question. Three-fifths of those voting on the question or a majority of those voting in the election must vote "" in order for the amendment to become effective on January 9, For the proposed addition of Section 5.1 to Article XIII of the Illinois Constitution. CONGRESSIONAL FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SEVENTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT BOBBY SCHILLING CHERI BUSTOS LEGISLATIVE FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT TIM BIVINS

2 REPRESENTATIVE FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT JIM SACIA EDUCATIONAL SERVICE REGION FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (CARROLL, JoDAVIESS AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES) (For an unexpired two year term) AARON MERCIER COUNTY FOR CIRCUIT CLERK BONNIE K. CURRAN FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY JOHN H. VOGT DISTRICT C EDWARD D. MULLIGAN SHEILA HOOPER REBECCA QUIGGLE DISTRICT D MIKE PALS MATTHEW GARVENS CHARLES HILTON JEFFREY B. MIKKELSEN DISTRICT E WILLIAM "BILL" HADLEY JOHN KOESTER DAN NEAL KEN BOHNSACK DISTRICT F DONALD E. PARKER DISTRICT G ASHLEY DEMEESTER ANTHONY KUHLEMEIER CYNTHIA FAULKNER LARRY MURPHY DISTRICT H ALVIN WIRE DAVID SCHEXNAYDER CATHERINE A. STEVENS JOSEPH M. GREEN DISTRICT I KENNETH E. WARD JAMES G. SCHULTZ FOR CORONER THOMAS PAUL LEAMON DISTRICT B CHRISTOPHER CLUKEY DISTRICT J SALVATORE "SOL" DETENTE RONALD P. FLUEGEL DONALD R. KRAFT SAMUEL L. NEWTON BENNIE L. BROWN DAVID A. VRTOL INDEPENDENT

3 DISTRICT K BRENDA LEE BOYNTON DENISE KINNEY JIM DEMEESTER GREG LUDWIG MARK B. DIDDENS INDEPENDENT DISTRICT L DAVID MARTINDALE JERRY CLAY RMAN TRUESSEL STEPHEN KNEUBUEHL JAMES A. KETZEL JUDICIAL FOR JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (To fill the vacancy of the Hon. John M. O'Malley) JOE BIRKETT FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (To fill the vacancy of the Hon.Stephen C. Pemberton) ROBERT T. HANSON BALLOT FOR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES SEEKING RETENTION IN OFFICE "Vote on the Proposition with respect to all or any of the Judges listed on this ballot. No Judge listed is running against any other Judge. The sole question is whether each Judge shall be retained in his present office." CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SHALL MICHAEL P. BALD be retained in office as JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? PUBLIC QUESTION(S) "Shall Stephenson County provide a county wide transportation system funded by Federal, State and Stephenson County funds?" PUBLIC QUESTION(S) Shall Stephenson County, Illinois, adopt the "Constitutional Carry of Arms" ordinance to increase Public Safety as follows? CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY OF ARMS WHEREAS: the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed;" WHEREAS: Article 6 Section 2, of the United States Constitution states, "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof;....shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding;" WHEREAS: Article 1 Section 24, of the Illinois Constitution states "The enumeration in this Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the individual citizens of the State;" WHEREAS: the Supreme Court of the United States has held in District of Columbia et al. v. Heller, that the "right to keep and bear arms" is an individual and fundamental right protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; AND WHEREAS: the Supreme Court of the United States has held in McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al., that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution applies to the states; W THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED as the law of Stephenson County, Illinois, that the people have an individual and fundamental right to keep and bear arms free of infringement by any local, state, or federal government; AND FURTHER, that the method or manner of possessing, carrying, or transporting said arms shall not be infringed. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL EXCLUDE: all individuals who are prohibited from possessing firearms under the laws of the United States, prohibited minors, and those under any intoxicating influence exceeding the standards of the Illinois Motor Vehicle Code. Upon passage this ordinance shall be in full force and effect. Shall the Township of West Point

4 PUBLIC QUESTION(S) Shall the Township of Winslow Shall the City of Freeport adopt the managerial form of municipal government? Shall the Village of Cedarville Shall the Village of Pearl City Shall the Village of Ridott have the authority to arrange for the supply of electricity for its Shall the Village of Rock City YOU HAVE W COMPLETED VOTING

5 SPECIMEN BALLOT STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLIIS GENERAL ELECTION VEMBER 6, 2012 I hereby certify that the following Specimen Ballots are a true and correct copy of the offices and candidates to be voted in the General Election to be held in Stephenson County, on Tuesday, November 6, STEPHENSON COUNTY CLERK