Democratic Sample Ballot

(Contested Races Only; also includes all Nonpartisan Races)

For United States Senate

(Vote for One)

Leigh Baier

Jim Boyd

Sid Cottingham

James N. Finkelstein

Denise L. Majette

W. Cliff Oxford

Govind N. Patel

Mary Hodges Squires

For Public Service Commissioner (To Succeed Robert B. "Bobby" Baker Jr.)

(Vote for One)

Mac Barber

Michael R. Berlon

DEMOCRATIC PARTY QUESTIONS

Are you in favor of an approximate 1.5 mill increase in your ad valorem property tax for the purpose of adding foreign language instruction in the public elementary schools of Columbia County? YES or NO?

To lessen the burden on property owners, should development impact fees be imposed on builders and developers? YES or NO?

Should seats on the Planning and Zoning Board be filled by general elections? YES or NO?

The Georgia Legislature has not given educators a raise within the last two years. Should Columbia County add at least a cost of living raise to the supplement already paid in those years in which there is no increase paid? YES or NO?

Should Columbia County institute a residential recycling plan? YES or NO?

Should the mayors of Harlem and Grovetown be seated, non-voting members of the County Commission? YES or NO?

Should public safety services, in particular fire protection, be provided for residents without an increase in the tax millage rate? YES or NO?

Are you in favor of changing the Georgia State Constitution to allow for empowering an at large elected chairman of the Columbia County Board of Education? YES or NO?

Should all appointed members of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, which regulates the standards of certified teaching personnel have at least a four year degree? YES or NO?

Should all monies received from confiscated items during drug arrests go into the sheriff's general fund rather than into the sheriff's discretionary account? YES or NO?