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i VOTER ) Sample Ballot GENERAL ELECTION BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS NOVEMBER 3,1992 1 -JrAlvI y Wlx fc DEMOCRATIC PARTY (D) Kl REPUBLICAN PARTY (R) LIBERTARIAN PARTY (L) PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT : BILL CLINTON/ (D) ALGORE ' GEORGE BUSH / (R) DANQUAYLE ANDRE MARROU / (L>) NANCY LORD ROSS PEROT/, (I) • C JAMES STOCKDAl.E UNITED STATES C REPRESENTATIVE, District 5 /i JOHN BRYANT (D) ; RICHARD STOKLEY 3 (R) ; WILLIAM H. WALKER (L) UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, District 8 f CHAS. ROBINSON <D) JACK M. FIELDS, Jr (R) RAILROAD COMMISSIONER PT LENA GUERRERO v' (D) I BARRY WILLIAMSON (R) RICHARD N. . C DRAHElMJr. (L) USTICE, SUPREME COURT, lace 1 :• OSCAR H. MAUZY <D) i;:: . CRAIG ENOCH v:- (R) ALFRED ADASK <L) ^ JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, Place 2 i KOSESPECTOR (D) It EUGENE COOK (R) SUPREME COURT, Place 3 iill JACK HIGHTOWER <D) JOHN D. MONTGOMERY (R) JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, Place 1 Pd - CHARLES F. BAIRD (D) T JOSEPH A. DEVANY (R) JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS, Place 2 . MORRIS L. i OVERSTREET(D) • I!:!: SUE LAGARDE (R) JUDGE, COURT OF CRIMIN AL APPEALS, Place 3 PETE BENAVIDES LAWRENCE MEYERS (D) (R) VOTING FOR CANDIDATES 1. Vote for the candidate of your choice in each race by making a punch hole in the space provided adjacent to the name of that candidate. 2. You may cast a straight- party vote (that is, cast a vote for all the nominees of one party) by making a punch hole in the space provided adjacent to the name of that party, if you cast a straight-party vote for all the nominees of one party and also cast a vote for an opponent of one of that party's nominees, your vote for the opponent will be counted as well as your vote for all the other nominees of the party for which the straight- party vote was cast. 3. WRITE-IN VOTING - Write in the name of the candidate and the office for whom you wish to vote on the ballot card stub. ONLY votes for the candidates whose names appear on the list of Declared Write-In Candidates will be counted. MEMBER, SX BOARD OF EDUCATION, DISTRICT 9 PATSY JOHNSON (D) CB. JONES (R) STATE SENATOR, District 5 JIM TURNER (D) STATE REPRESENTATIVE, District 13 DAN KUB1AK : (D) ROBERT MIKESKA (R) District 14 STEVE OGDEN (R) CHIEF JUSTICE, FIRST COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT ALICE TREVATH AN (D) JUSTICE, FIRST COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT DAVIE L. WILSON (R) JUSTICE, FIRST COURT OF APPEALS DIST. (Unex. Term) GAYN ELLE J ONES (D) ADELE HEDGES (R) JUSTICE, TENTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT BOB CUMMINGS (D) JUSTICE, 14th COURT OF Y APPEALS DISTRICT, Place 1 •NORMAN LEE (D)^ HARVEY HUDSON(R) v JUSTICE, 14th COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT, Place 2 HENRY L. BURKHOLDER (D) « GARY C BOWERS (R) DISTRICT JUDGE 272nd Judicial District john;dhlaney (d) . JOHN E. HAWTREY (R) DISTRICT ATTORNEY, 85th Judicial District BILL TURNER (D) COUNTY ATTORNEY JIMKUBOVTAK (D) SHERIFF BOBBY RIGGS RON MILLER (D) (R) COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR- COLLECTOR Si GERALD WINN (D) COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Precinct 1 GARY NORTON' (R) COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Precinct 3 ::: RANDY SIMS (R) JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Precinct No. 7, place 1 JEAN WILLIAMSON . (D) GEORGE BOYETT (R) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 1 : f . .RAYMOND H. DAY (D) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 2 : : : J.R. BURKHALTER (D) JAMES R MARROW (R) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 3 :::• DERIKMATEJKA (D) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 4 LOUIS GARCIA, Jr. (D) E. DUANE PETERS (R) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 5 ||$ FRANKIE JNEMEC (D) CONSTABLE, Precinct No. 7 WINFRED PITMAN (R) THE BATTALION ELECTION ’92 VOTER’S GUIDE MARK EVANS, Voter's Guide Editor KYLE BURNETT, MACK HARRISON AND TRACIA NEWBOULD Layout ANAS BEN-MUSA, Graphics JULI PHILLIPS, Research SOURCES: Information in "Where the candidates stand . . on Bush, Clinton and Marrou was taken directly from documents distributed by their respective parties. Information on Perot was obtained from local supporters and various news articles. ABORTION p n/ji Ju IVt AIDS CRIME ECONOMY EDUCATION ENERGY ENVIRONMENT FAMILIES FOREIGN POLICY TRADE Where the can ssj ■ .S' 1 . ' 'fjiSSi w r ^ m*- || Democratic Clinton/Gore Abortion: Fight for passage of the Freedom of Choice Act in order to secure the right to choose as a matter of federal law. Urge Congress to repeal the Hvde Amendment which prohibits federal funding for virtually all abortions. Opposes limiting access to abortions through mandatory waiting periods or requirements for parental or spousal consent. "Bill Clinton believes that personal privacy is a fundamental liberty protected by our Bill of Rights." AIDS: Appoint an AIDS policy director to coordinate federal AIDS policies. Speed up the drug-approval process, combat AIDS-related discrimination and oppose needless mandatory HIV testing in federal organizations. Support local efforts to make condoms available in schools. "Its time to take real action to end the national tragedy of the AIDS epidemic. It's time to make AIDS research and medical care a national health priority." Crime: Create a National Police Corps — putting a 100,000 new police officers on the streets. Create a waiting period for handgun purchases to keep firearms off the streets and out of the hands of criminals. Ban assault weapons. Create a Safe Schools Initiative which will allow children to focus on learning again. Supports boot camps for first-time, non-violent offenders and tougher criminal penalties for white-collar crimes. "We need to put more police on the streets of our cities and more criminals behind bars. We need to help cities fight crime and drugs in sensible ways." Economy: Eliminate tax breaks for companies that move U.S. jobs abroad. Ease the tax burden on middle class families by making the wealthy pay more. Encourage small business and entrepreneurships. Cut wasteful government spending. We "believe that the best jobs program this country will ever have is economic growth. Most new jobs in this country are created by small businesses and entrepreneurs who get little help from the government." Education: Full funding for Head Start. Better incentives to hire and keep good teachers. Create a set of national standards and a national examination system to measure our progress in meeting these standards. Develop youth apprenticeships tb provide motivation for non-college bound students to stay in school and do well. Expand decision-making powers at the school level. "Government fails when our schools fail." Energy: Increase energy efficiency standards and conservation incentives in factories, offices, homes and transportation. Promote the increased use of natural gas, foster the use of renewable energy sources. Opposes increased reliance on nuclear power. Opposes excessive gas tax increases. "Instead of coddling special interests whose fortunes depend upon America's addiction to foreign oil, Clinton's natural energy policy promotes national security, energy diversity, economic prosperity and environmental protection." Environment: Preserve places of natural beauty and ecological importance. Reduce solid and toxic waste and air and water pollution. Create and expand markets for recycled products. Pass a new Clean Water Act. Limit U.S. Carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. Create a solid waste reduction program which gives credits to companies that recover a portion of the waste they generate. "Environmental protection is fundamental to America's national security. A Clinton Administration will challenge Americans and demand responsibility at every level —from individuals and families to corporations and government agencies —to do more to preserve our world." Families: Sign into law the Family and Medical Leave Act. Grant additional tax relief to families with children. Sign the Violence Against Women Act. Crack down on deadbeat parents. Recognize homosexual marriages. "The Clinton Administration would demand more from families. It will demand that they pay the child support they owe. It will offer their children the preschooling they need." Foreign Policy: Conditioned favorable trade terms for China in respect to human rights in China and Tibet. Continue assistance to Israel. Restructure the Armed Forces in response to the demise of communism. "Make no mistake; foreign and domestic policy are inseparable in today's world. If we're not strong at home, we cannot lead the world we have done so much to make. And if we withdraw from the world, it will hurt us economically at home." Health Care: Allow consumers to choose where they receive health care. Cap national spending to control health care costs. Discourage drug companies from spending more on marketing than research and development. Support a national health insurance plan to control costs, improve quality and cover everybody. "Health care should be a right not a privilege. And it can be: America has the potential to provide the world's best, most advanced and cost-effective health care." Trade: Supports the North American Free Trade Agreement. Promises to toughen stand against Japan. Warns against protectionism. "We must have a national strategy to compete and win in the global economy. Freer trade abroad means more jobs at home. The American people aren't protectionists. Protectionism is just a fancy word for giving up; we want to compete and win." Independent Perot/Stockdale Abortion: Supports Roe vs. Wade and a woman's right to choose. Supports parental consent for minors. "It's a woman's decision." AIDS: It is not the responsibility of the government to dictate values concerning high risk behavior. Infected individuals deserve treatment. Wants to find a cure with limited governmental investment. Crime: Supports capital punishment. Supports life sentence without parole for three-time violent crime offenders. Would require inmates to achieve marketable skills as a precondition for release. Intensify battle against gang activity and heighten the war on drugs. d a Fully 1 possession ( lied substan (crimes or any drug fu regulations ng treatmen and o Economy: Reduce deficit by eliminating wastefu government spending and ending social security Medicare subsidies to affluent retirees. Proposes 50-cents per gallon gas tax increase over the next five years Improve tax collections through the IRS. Calls the old tax code " an old inter tube with a thousand patches Supports free trade but critical of past agreements Supports a partnership between government and key sectors of the manufacturing economy. Iftbolish the 1 expand fr< End all tax Party's go ethods for fi Education: In favor of school choice for parents. Wants to expand federal subsidies for 'head start' programs serving disadvantaged children. Supports creating national achievement standards as well as tests. Equalize funding for poor school districts. In favor of merit pay for teachers. Supports teacher competency examinations and a longer school year. ms Energy:Believes the government needs a national polio and without one, needs and alternative choices cannot be addressed. Ealls for pri end their cl ir choice by le U.S. Dej on admi credits for )f any stuc t'hich limit s )oling. "Gov Their co; drops." :y nformation a Environment: Supports programs to prevent pollution Wants to halt government subsidies for timber and mining industries. Encourages leadership roles for US companies in environmental technology development Prefers incentives for environmentally sound industry practices as opposed to forced regulations. Families: Believes the strength of the Unites States is the ^ family and the government does not belong in related iei issues. Foreign Policy: Favors a complete revamping of the role of embassies. Feels that embassies are out-dated due to modern communication technology. Wants the new to be for that of international business purposes. Wants foreign policy to strengthen American economy by gaining equal treatment for U.S. companies with foreign countries. Health Care: No specific remedies —wants to take the pragmatic approach and experiment with the system t( find the solution that works the best. Wants to cut health care costs — not specific on where. Trade: Opposes North American Free Trade Agreement citing lost jobs to Mexico. Wants to play " hardball" wi Japan and foreign competitors. Wants foreign companies to be treated same as American companies. Abe shot to cl :s research to nt: Clearly >r groups to sir or water sue individi s. End all i levels of j vhy we havi have today : of the envi: t bureaucrac 'eness of th< port all rela nt's role is: rolt ps cy: Pull all 1 hent should which re: cratic and R lecades, .er which disrv tolerate otl lirs, we sho Using militai any other gc :o ice :End govt governm itributions. ograms anc dical inforn "interferes aely select tr ines to the t< -funded c costs for evt iljlnited State er tradi tates should rely upon tl markets an< Uternational 'g with theii prosperity.' t