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mark a (X) or check (V) in the square in the party column opposite the name of the party of your choice.
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candidates of the party or body for the offices of President and Vice President you choose to vote for. If you
do not desire to vote a party ticket, then place a cross (X) or check (V) mark in the square opposite the
name of each candidate you choose to vote for. To vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot,
manually write his name, accompanied by the title of the office involved, in the write-in column. If you
spoil your ballot, do not erase, but ask for anew ballot. Use only pen or pencil.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
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candidates for offices of Presidential Electors, place a
_______ cross (X) or check (V) mark in the square to the left.
rQR UNITED STATES SENATE
( ) E. EARL PATTON, JR.
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
( ) AL STAKELY
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments
If you desire to vote FOR a proposed Amendment, place a cross (X) or check (V) mark in the square opposite
the word “Yes”. If you desire to vote AGAINST a proposed Amendment, place a cross (X) or checks (V) mark
in the square opposite the word “No”.
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
that the Lieutenant Governor-Elect shall succeed to
■ the Governorship in the event of the death of the
( ) NO Governor-Elect?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
i for a run-off election for Governor in the event no
candidate received a majority of the votes cast in the
( ) NO general election?
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2 Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
<) NO f ° r t * le a PP° rt ' onnient °f the Senate?
1 Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
4 the expenditure of State funds for school lunch pur
( ) NO poses?
( ) YES Shall the Constitutes ha so as to provide
that the Secretary ef Str'e -'ttn.rey General, State
School Superintnrdcnt. Ccmut oiler General, Trea
surer, Commissfr er cf Agriculture, and Commission
„ er of Labor shall c'ccted in the same manner as
"j the Governrr and the procedures relating to t h e
election of the Governor shall apply to said officers
and provide that in the event of death or withdrawal
of any person elected to any such office prior to his
taking office the Governor shall be authorized to fill
< ) NO uch office?
1 I * Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change the
6 name and designation of the office of solicitor general
( ) NO to district attorney?
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
To vote a straight Party ticket, with the exception of
candidates for offices of Presidential Electors, place a
cross (X) or check (V) mark in the square to the left.
FOR UNITED STATES SENATE
( ) HERMAN EUGENE TALMADGE
FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER
( ) W. H. (BILL) KIMBROUGH
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OF GEORGIA
(To succeed W. H. Duckworth)
( ) W. H. DUCKWORTH
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OF GEORGIA
(For the unexpired term of the late Eugene Cook beginning Novem
ber 5,1968, expiring January 1,1971, to succeed John E. Frankum.)
( ) JOHN E. FRANKUM
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREMECOURT
OF GEORGIA
(For the unexpired term of J. D. Quiilian, retired, beginning Nov
ember 5,1968, expiring January 1, 1969, to succeed H. E. Nichols.)
( ) H.E. NICHOLS
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OF GEORGIA
(For a full six year term beginning January 1, 1969, to succeed
H. E. Nichols.)
( ) H. E. NICHOLS
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OF GEORGIA
For the unexpired term of Tom S. Candler, retired, beginning
November 5, 1968, expiring January 1, 1971, to succeed Hiram K.
Undercofler.)
( ) HIRAM K. UNDERCOFLER
FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(To succeed John Sammons Bell.)
( ) JOHN SAMMONS BELL
FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(To succeed Robert H. Jordan.)
( ) ROBERT H. JORDAN
FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(For the unexpired term of John E. Frankum, resigned, beginning
ri"-'ember 5,1968, expiring January 1, 1973, to succeed George P.
( WHITMAN, SR.
FOR Jo oUAi o_ APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(To succeed Robert Howell Hall.)
( ) ROBERT HOWELL HALL
FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(For the unexpired term of H. E. Nichols, resigned, beginning
November 5, 1968, expiring January 1, 1971, to succeed J. Kelley
Quiilian.)
( ) J. KELLEY QUILLIAN
FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS OF GEORGIA
(To succeed Homer C. Eberhardit.)
( ) HOMER C. EBERHARDT
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FOR US. REPRESENTATIVE IN 91ST CONGRESS
FROM THE 6TH DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
( ) JOHN J. FLYNT, JR.
FOR STATE SENATOR FROM 28TH DISTRICT
( ) ROBERT H. SMALLEY, JR.
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( ) YES shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly to provide by law for a pro
gram to grant scholarships or other assistance to the
children of law enforcement officers, firemen and
7 prison guards, who are permanently disabled or kill
ed in the line of duty, to enable such children to ac
qire an education beyond the twelfth grade, or to en
able such children to attend a vocational-technical
( ) NO school?
( ) YES shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly to provide by law for the is
suance of revenue bonds for the purpose of making
8 direct loans to students in order to allow such stu
dents to acquire an education beyond the twelfth
( ) NO grade?
( ) YES
Shall the Constitution be amended so as to extend the
homestead exemption for disabled veterans to those
veterans suffering from loss, or loss of use, of both
* lower extremites, such as to preclude locomotion
without the aid of braces, crutches, canes or a
whelchalr?
( ) NO
7 ) YES
Shall the Constitution be amended so as to increase
the amount of loans and scholarships for medical stu
-10 dents and to change the provisions relative to the
repayment of such loans and scholarships, the State
Medical Education Board and the secretary of said
( ) NO Board?
General Ejection November 5, 1968
WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
To vote for a person whose name is not on the ballot,
manually write his name, accompanied by the title
of the office involved, in this column.
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( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
for an exemption of $4,000.00 from all State and
county ad valorum taxes on the homestead of owners
I- sixty-five (65) years of age or older whose net in-
I ■ come as defined by Georgia law for income tax pur
poses when added to that of his spouse does not ex
ceed $4,000.00 for the immediately preceding taxable
() NO year?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
for an independent General Assembly by electing the
12 members thereof for four year terms at a different
General Election from the one at which the Governor
( ) NO is elected?
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Ia Shall the Constitution be amended so as to change
the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in eivil cases?
( ) YE ,hall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
14 for the creation of anew Game and Fish Commls
() NO s,on?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution Ik; amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly to provide by law for reim
. c bursing the employees of the Game and Fish Com
-1 5 mission who received a retroactive pay raise in 1966
and were subsequently required to remit the amount
() NO of said raise to the State Treasurer?
SAMPLE
BALLOT
STATE OF GEORGIA
BUTTS COUNTY
DISTRICT
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
Richard M. Nixon
President
Spiro T. Agnew -
Vice-President
Thomas E. Addison, Jr.
Howard H. (Bo) Callaway
Joseph L. “Joe” Casey
Mrs. John A. Cauble
G. Paul Jones, Jr.
Mack F. Mattingly
Mrs. W. F. McAfee
John B. Miller
Terry A. Moshier
Nolan Murrah, Jr.
Willard E. Strain
Frank Troutman, Jr.
“"“■"“I Hubert H. Humphrey -
President
Edmund S. Muskie -
J Vice-President
Ivan Allen, Jr.
R. A. Dent
W. Elliott Dunwoodv, in
Charles M. Jones
Irving K. Kaler
Thomas J. Majors
Mrs. James F. Meacham
J. L. Pilcher
Mamie Bynes Reese
Lawrence Wood (Chip) Robert, Jr.
W. Carroll Ward
Mrs. P. Q. Yancey
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( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the Department of Industry and Trade, in order to
make Georgia competitive with other states in secur
ing new business, industry and tourism, to expand
available funds for the business meals and incidental
expenses of bona fide Industrial prospects and other
persons who attend any meeting at the request of lb?
16 Department to discuss the location or development of
new business, industry or tourism within the State
and provide that all such expenditures shall be veri
fied by vouchers showing the date, place, purpose
and persons for whom such expenditures were made,
and further provide that the State Auditor shall con
duct an audit of such expenditures at least every six
( ) NO months?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
that the General Assembly may submit for ratifica
- _ tion proposals to provide for anew Constitution as
• * well as to submit proposed amendments to the Con
stitution and to provide that such proposals may not
( ) NO be vetoed by the Governor?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
_ _ that the marketing of milk and milk substitutes is in
■ O the public interest and may be regulated by the
( ) NO General Assembly?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly to provide that programs for
the promotion of agricultural products including pro
visions for quality and-or product control may be
instituted, continued or terminated in accordance
with the results of a referendum conducted among
I q the producers of the product or products affected and
■ ' to provide that the General Assembly may delegate
to instrumentalities, public corporations, authorities
and commissions created by it the right to Impose,
raise, lower or repeal assessments, fees or other
c harges upon the sale or processing of affected pro
ducts and to collect the same after approval by the
() NO producers of such products in a referendum?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution he amended so as to provide
that the General Assembly may create Development
Authorities or authorize any county or municipal
20 corporation or combinations thereof to create Deve
lopment Authorities and authorize such authorities to
issue revenue obligations for the purpose of develop
() NO ing Industry, trade and employment opportunities?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to remove
the provision freezing civil service preference for
honorable discharged veterans of the State of Geor
- - gia as of a certain date, and to authorize the General
* Assembly to accord such veterans preference, point
or otherwise, In any civil service program establish
ed in the state government or any political sub
( ) NO division therof?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly to provide by law for the crea
tion of an actuarialiy sound, participating retirement
system for all employees of public schools who are
22 not covered by the Teachers Retirement System, in
cluding, but not limited to school maintenance per
sonnel and school custodial personnel, and for the
expenditure of State funds and the funds of county
and independent boards of education for the support
() NO of said retirement system?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to authorize
the General Assembly, in its discretion, to create a
new court or system of courts in and for each city of
this State having a population of more than 300,000
according to the United States Decennial Census of
1039, and any future such United Stales Census; and
to provide Jurisdiction of such court or system of
{ > y/'* ourts?
( ) YES Shall the Constitution be amended so as to
create the Butts County Industrial Develop
merit Authority; to provide for powers, autho
ill rity, funds, purposes and procedure connected
therewith; to provide for the submission of this
< NO amendment for ratification or rejection; and
' ' for other purposes?
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indicate by placing a cross (X) or
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