PAGE 5 OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT
September 12, 2000

DO NOT PRINT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS BOX.

NOTE: INSERT ANY SPECIAL ELECTIONS
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SECTION OF THE
BALLOT FOR NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS.
ENTITLE THIS PORTION OF THE BALLOT “SPECIAL
ELECTIONS.” INSERT ANY LOCAL BALLOT
MEASURES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE
“SPECIAL ELECTIONS” SECTION OF THE BALLOT.

—_——— _~- —

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


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September 12, 2000
NONPARTISAN FOR
JUDICIAL ELECTIONS COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
District 2
FOR Position No, 2
SUPREME COURT JUDGE (VOTE FOR ONE)
District 1 (Central) Leslie D. King.........000..0..0020020 000 ( )
Position NOS noc cieccceeessttevtvaveeceeeeees ( )
(VOTE FOR ONE)
Jim Smith. ......... 20.0.2... c eee cee eee ee ee ( ) FOR
Frank G. Vollor................20......2-2. ( ) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
edt MerTRRReRRReRSSRENN aE Kee sxexeuevmacecd, District 3
Position No.1
FOR (VOTE FOR ONE)
SUPREME COURT JUDGE Billy G. Bridges. .........c0cccccecee ee. ( )
District 2 (Southermy i ococeececeeeeceeee BB srcanmmstioamndl ( )
Position No. 2
(VOTE FOR ONE) FOR
Oliver Diaz..................0.00.2.00202 20 ( ) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
Billy Joe Landrum.....................+-. ( ) District 5
Keith Starrett............0.0 20. 0..ceeeee eee ( ) Position No. 2
desis pW AS MP TSSESRERSEANRERERCER SEINE ARNE ( ) (VOTE FOR ONE)
James E. Thomas.....................-655 ( )
FOR vce ceeuttteeesesvivevtetseseeeseecens ( )
SUPREME COURT JUDGE
District 3 (Northern)
Position No. 1 SPECIAL ELECTION
(VOTE FOR ONE)
Kay Beevers Cobb....................2+-+. ( ) FOR
Percy L. Lynchard...............-..-+-++- ( ) COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE
vn we mene thee MASh US SORSSES NS SRE RETR ORW SSRs ( ) District 1
FOR Position No. 1
SUPREME COURT JUDGE . ee
2 ges David A. (Tony) Chandler.............. ( )
District 3 (Northern) D. Rook Moore III (Cj
Position No. 2 pei teaieessiaeualamia iil iil Mets
(VOTE FOR ONE) Coc eor eraser eege crevice ereee coors esev ese ese cesses ( )
Charles “Chuck” Easley... 2.0 .<+s006: ( )
Lenore L. Pretnens scscccvssecsvsaye vecvest ( )
SS eS ( )

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


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September 12, 2000

INSTRUCTIONS TO

CHAIRPERSONS, COUNTY
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS

(DO NOT PRINT ON BALLOT)

This sample ballot contains the Presidential and Vice
Presidential candidates, U.S. Senate candidates, and
U.S. House of Representative candidates. In printing
your ballot, include only the U.S. House of
Representative candidates for the district(s) in which
your county (or portion thereof) is located and
eliminate the others.

The ballot also contains candidates for the
Mississippi Supreme Court Judge and Court of
Appeals Judge. In printing your ballot, include only
the Mississippi Supreme Court Judge and Court of
Appeals Judge candidates for the district(s) in which
your county (or portion thereof) is located and
eliminate the others.

Your official ballot should contain candidates for the
offices of County Election Commissioner and County
School Board Member. Some counties may be
electing School Board Trustees of consolidated
school districts. (Some school board elections may be
affected by litigation. Please consult your School
Board Atiomey for current status.) Some counties

will also be electing Levee Commissioners.

Order of Ballot. The order in which offices
should appear on the ballot is as follows: (1)
President and Vice President (2) U.S. Senator (3)
U.S. House of Representatives (4) County
Election Commissioners (5) Regular School
Board and School Board Trustee elections (6)
Nonpartisan Judicial Elections, including special
Nonpartisan Judicial Elections.

Special Elections. One position for Court of
Appeals is a special election: Congressional District
1, Position | special election should be listed as
“Special Election for Court of Appeals” and should
appear under the heading “Nonpartisan Judicial

Elections.”

Any other special elections and local ballot measures
should appear at the end of the ballot, following the
“Special Election for Court of Appeals.”

Regarding Nonpartisan Judicial Elections, Miss.
Code Ann. § 23-15-978 (1972) states “The names of
candidates for judicial office which appear on the
ballot at the general election shall be grouped
together on a separate portion of the ballot, clearly
identified as nonpartisan judicial elections.” Miss.

Code Ann. § 23-15-979 (1972) states “The names of
all the candidates for judicial office shall be listed in
alphabetical order on any ballot and no reference to
political party affiliation shall appear on any ballot
with respect to any nonpartisan judicial office or
candidate.” Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-980 (1972)
requires “The name of an unopposed candidate for
judicial office shall be placed on the general election

ballot.”

Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-367 (1972) reads as
follows: “The arrangement of the names of the
candidates, and the order in which the titles of the

various offices shali be printed, and the size, print,
and quality of paper of the official ballot is left to the

discretion of the officer charged with printing the
official ballot; but the arrangement need not be

uniform. It is the duty of the Secretary of State, with
the approval of the Governor, to fumish the

designated commissioner of each county a sample of
the official ballot...the general form of which shall be
followed as nearly as practicable.”

ERIC CLARK
Secretary of State

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


PAGE 1 OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT
September 12, 2000

Official

(Libertarian Party)
Sample Ballot PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Harry Browne
General Election ot President C)
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November 7, 2000 Aerie
for Vice President
COUNTY (Natural Law Party)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
John Hagelin
——— ___ PRECINCT for President
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FOR Nat Goldhaber
P —" T for Vice President
VICE PRESIDENT (Reform Party}
OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
(VOTE FOR ONE) Pat Buchanan
; for President
(Democratic Party) wid. .assesenassamenSiansdies ()
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Pola ‘Foster
Al Gore for Vice President
for President
een a ee ( ) (Independent)
Joe Lieberman PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
for Vice President James Harris
for President
(Republican Party) BI secrnnmnenevenennnnenaarensincanntsiies 133 ( )
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Margaret Trowe
George W. Bush for Vice President
for President
DE srocescoxcomesnnssoncemnnntvonnnssicinnenn sts RtSRTETE ( ) (Independent)
Dick Cheney PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR
for Vice President Ralph Nader
for President
(Constitution Party) ANG... oc ccceccceesecessceececeeereteceee esse ( )
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS FOR Winona lL aDuke
Howard Phillips for Vice President
for President
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J. Curt Frazier
for Vice President

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot); Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


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September 12, 2000

This goes on the back of the Ballot

Official Ballot
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
General Election
November 7, 2000

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


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September 12, 2000
FOR FOR
UNITED STATES UNITED STATES
SENATOR HOUSE OF
(VOTE FOR ONE) REPRESENTATIVES
(Democratic Party) Third Congressional
Trdy D. Brown, Si. 6200sccisiesscesia-ea---0--0: ( ) District
(Republican Party) (VOTE FOR ONE)
Trent Lott 220.0... cceecccceeeeeseeeeseeeeseees ( ) (Democratic Party)
(Libertarian Party) William Clay Thrash o.oo... cceccccsce. ( )
Lewis Nappet............0..2cccccessceseeseeeeeeeee ( ) (Republican Party)
(Reform Party) Charles W. (Chip) Pickering, Jr............ ( )
SRO TRG sexs ccsscescssncsstecseyeacennnees ( ) (Libertarian Party)
(Independent) Jonathan Golden. ...00...0.0...ccccceccceceeeeees ( )
Fi Giles. oo... ececeeceeceeeeeceeceeseees a i ee eee ( )
ses enh SSR isteach simmimieinewwain wmieieantsl ( ) —
FOR UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES
First Congressional Fourth Congressional
District District
(VOTE FOR ONE) (VOTE FOR ONE)
(Democratic Party) (Democratic Party)
Joe T. Joey) Grist, Jr... ete ( ) Ronnie SHOWS ..00... oo... ececeecececeeeseeeee ( )
(Republican Party) (Republican Party)
Roger F. Wicker .000......00.cceeccceseeeeceeeee ( ) Dunn Lampton... cccecccocccceseseecccceceee. ( )}
(Libertarian Party) (Libertarian Party)
Chirts: Lawrence wvsisscsicciissiscssvnsisseneeneeeeee- ( ) Emie John Hopkins... sccccsccocee---. ( )
eos piessaaTenncos Reena arstareamneocanCR aR mars maneRREaIEY ( ) (Reform Party)
FOR Betty Pharr o.oo... coecccecceeccceeeeeeceeee ( )
UNITED STATES —_________CiCids sees ss usussuvateveeareteseaecucecencecsrsaceeseeeesvees ( )
HOUSE OF FOR
REPRESENTATIVES UNITED STATES
Second Congressional HOUSE OF
District REPRESENTATIVES
(VOTE FOR ONE) Fifth Congressional
(Democratic Party) District
Bennie G. Thompson ......0.0.00eeeeeeeeee ( ) (VOTE FOR ONE)
(Republican Party) (Democratic Party)
ERGY CMB WBY os ssscxccaseszcsscsssvcsnenederex ( ) Gene Taylor. :. iisisi.<..--5-. smufleeemagenpeneese ( )
(Libertarian Party) (Republican Party)
Will Chipman o.oo... cccceceeeceeeeeececeeseee ( ) Randy McDonnell ....00..0.0..ecececceccececeeee ( }
(Reform Party) (Libertarian Party)
Lee F. Dilworth ....00.000000000.... re ( ) Wayne L. Parker ooo... o.oo ccceecceeecceeeeceeee ( )
ce ee ee ( ) (Reform Party)
Katie Perrone ooo... ..e.ceeeccceceeeseceeesceees ( )

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.


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September 12, 2000

DO NOT PRINT THE LANGUAGE IN THIS BOX

NOTE: INSERT ANY REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD AND
ELECTION COMMISSION ELECTIONS IMMEDIATELY

FOLLOWING U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ELECTIONS. ALL NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS

MUST FOLLOW ANY REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD AND
ELECTION COMMISSION ELECTIONS.

——__—__—_ —— = ——

Special Note (not to be printed on the ballot): Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. Section 23-15-367 (1972), the order of candidates
for each office is determined in each county by the chair of that county’s election commission. The order of candidates for
each office as listed on this Official Sample Ballot does not control the order of candidates in each county.