Check your voter registration status, find out who's running and what state propositions are up for a vote in the NewsChannel 5 Missouri Voters' Guide for the 2012 general election.
Voting Information:
•Acceptable IDs to vote
•Registration info/where to register
•Absentee voting
•Military voting
•Check voter registration status, find polling location
•2012 Initiative petitions approved for circulation in Missouri
•Voter Bill of Rights
•Voter FAQ/additional links
•Missouri sample ballots
Candidates:
U.S. President and Vice President
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D)
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan (R)
Gary Johnson/James O. Gray (L)
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer (C)
U.S. Senator
Claire McCaskill (D)
Todd Akin (R)
Jonathan Dine (L)
U.S. Representative - District 1
Lacy Clay (D)
Robyn Hamlin (R)
Robb Cunningham (L)
U.S. Representative - District 2
Glenn Koenen (D)
Ann Wagner (R)
Bill Slantz (L)
Anatol Zorikova (C)
U.S. Representative - District 8
Jack Rushin (D)
Jo Ann Emerson (R)
Rick Vandeven (L)
Governor
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (D)
David (Dave) Spence (R)
Jim Higgins (L)
Lieutenant Governor
Susan Montee (D)
Peter Kinder (R)
Matthew Copple (L)
Cynthia L. Davis (C)
Secretary of State
Jason Kander (D)
Shane Schoeller (R)
Cisse W. Spragins (L)
Justin Harter (C) (no campaign website)
State Treasurer
Clint Zweifel (D)
Cole McNary (R)
Sean O'Toole (L)
Attorney General
Chris Koster (D)
Ed Martin (R)
Dave Browning (L)
State Senator - District 1
Scott Sifton (D)
Jim Lembke (R)
State Senator - District 3
Joseph Fallert, Jr. (D)
Gary Romine (R)
State Senator - District 5
Jamilah Nasheed (D)
State Senator - District 13
Gina Walsh (D)
Jacquelyn Thomas (R) (no campaign website)
State Senator - District 15
Eric Schmitt (R)
State Senator - District 23
Tom Dempsey (R)
State Senator - District 25
Terry Swinger (D)
Doug Libla (R)
State Representative - District 40
Paul Quinn (D)
Jim Hansen (R)
State Representative - District 41
Ed Schieffer (D)
Beverly A. Steiniger (R)
State Representative - District 42
Bart Korman (R)
State Representative - District 61
Michael Sage (D)
Dave Schatz (R)
State Representative - District 62
Greg Stratman (D) (no campaign website)
Tom Hurst (R)
State Representative - District 63
Bill Stinson (D)
Bryan Spencer (R)
State Representative - District 64
Wayne J. Henke (D)
Robert Cornejo (R)
State Representative - District 65
Anne Zerr (R)
John R. Alsup (L)
State Representative - District 66
Tommie Pierson (D)
Julie Stone (L)
State Representative - District 67
Steve Webb (D)
State Representative - District 68
Keith English (D)
Rekha Sharma (R)
State Representative - District 69
Margo McNeil (D)
Glen Lindemann (R) (no campaign website)
State Representative - District 70
Bill Otto (D)
Eugene Dokes (R)
State Representative - District 71
Susan Meredith (D)
State Representative - District 72
Mary Nichols (D)
Patrick J. Brennan (R)
State Representative - District 73
Courtney Curtis (D)
State Representative - District 74
Sharon L. Pace (D)
State Representative - District 75
Rochelle Walton Gray (D)
State Representative - District 76
Chris Carter (D)
State Representative - District 77
Kimberly Gardner (D) (no campaign website)
State Representative - District 78
Penny V. Hubbard (D)
State Representative - District 79
Michael Butler (D)
State Representative - District 80
Mike Colona (D)
State Representative - District 81
Jacob W. Hummel (D)
State Representative - District 82
Michele Kratky (D)
Edward Harlow (R) (no campaign website)
State Representative - District 83
Gina Mitten (D)
State Representative - District 84
Karla May (D)
State Representative - District 85
Clem Smith (D)
State Representative - District 86
Rory Ellinger (D)
State Representative - District 87
Stacey Newman (D)
State Representative - District 88
Jill Schupp (D)
State Representative - District 89
John J. Diehl Jr. (R)
State Representative - District 90
Deb Lavender (D)
Rick Stream (R)
State Representative - District 91
Jeanne Kirkton (D)
Elizabeth Deal (R)
State Representative - District 92
Genise D. Montecillo (D)
Al Faulstich (R) (no campaign website)
State Representative - District 93
Bob Burns (D)
Tony Leech (R)
State Representative - District 94
Vicki Lorenz Englund (D)
Cloria Brown (R)
State Representative - District 95
Joe Zelle (D)
Marsha Haefner (R)
State Representative - District 96
Mike Leara
State Representative - District 97
Sam Komo (D)
John C. McCaherty (R)
State Representative - District 98
Dwight Scharnhorst (R)
State Representative - District 99
William H. (Bill) Pinkston (D) (no campaign website)
Andrew Koenig (R)
State Representative - District 100
Sue Allen (R)
State Representative - District 101
Don Gosen (R)
State Representative - District 102
John Callahan (D) (no campaign website)
Kurt Bahr (R)
State Representative - District 103
Douglas Funderbunk (R)
State Representative - District 104
Terry Lesinski (D) (no campaign website)
Kathie Conway (R)
State Representative - District 105
Debbie Bixler (D) (no campaign website)
Mark A. Parkinson (R)
State Representative - District 106
Morton G. Todd (D) (no campaign website)
Chrissy Sommer (R)
State Representative - District 107
Rod Hoffman (D)
Ron Hicks (R)
State Representative - District 108
Chuck Gatschenberger (R)
State Representative - District 109
Ann Schroeder (D)
Paul Curtman (R)
State Representative - District 110
Timothy W. Jones (R)
State Representative - District 111
Michael Frame (D)
Derrick R. Good (R)
State Representative - District 112
Daniel E. James (D)
Paul Wieland (R)
State Representative - District 113
Jeff Roorda (D)
Dan E. Smith (R) (no campaign website)
State Representative - District 114
T.J. McKenna (D) (no campaign website)
Becky Ruth (R)
State Representative - District 115
Rich McCane
Elaine Freeman Gannon (R)
State Representative - District 116
Kevin Engler (R)
State Representative - District 117
Linda Black (D)
State Representative - District 118
Ben Harris (D)
State Representative - District 119
Dave Hinson (R)
State Representative - District 120
Jason T. Smith (R)
State Representative - District 121
Keith Frederick (R)
State Representative - District 144
Michael L. Jackson
Paul Fitzwater
Missouri State Propositions
Constitutional Amendment 3
Official Ballot Title:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change the current nonpartisan selection of supreme court and court of appeals judges to a process that gives the governor increased authority to:
•appoint a majority of the commission that selects these court nominees; and
•appoint all lawyers to the commission by removing the requirement that the governor's appointees be nonlawyers?
There are no estimated costs or savings expected if this proposal is approved by voters.
Read the complete text of Constitutional Amendment 3 on the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
Proposition A
Official Ballot Title:
Shall Missouri law be amended to:
•allow any city not within a county (the City of St. Louis) the option of transferring certain obligations and control of the city's police force from the board of police commissioners currently appointed by the governor to the city and establishing a municipal police force;
•establish certain procedures and requirements for governing such a municipal police force including residency, rank, salary, benefits, insurance, and pension; and
•prohibit retaliation against any employee of such municipal police force who reports conduct believed to be illegal to a superior, government agency, or the press?
State governmental entities estimated savings will eventually be up to $500,000 annually. Local governmental entities estimated annual potential savings of $3.5 million; however, consolidation decisions with an unknown outcome may result in the savings being more or less than estimated.
Read the complete text of Proposition A on the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
MORE: A closer look at Missouri Proposition A
Proposition B
Official Ballot Title:
Shall Missouri law be amended to:
•create the Health and Education Trust Fund with proceeds of a tax of $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer's invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products;
•use Fund proceeds to reduce and prevent tobacco use and for elementary, secondary, college, and university public school funding; and
•increase the amount that certain tobacco product manufacturers must maintain in their escrow accounts, to pay judgments or settlements, before any funds in escrow can be refunded to the tobacco product manufacturer and create bonding requirements for these manufacturers?
Estimated additional revenue to state government is $283 million to $423 million annually with limited estimated implementation costs or savings. The revenue will fund only programs and services allowed by the proposal. The fiscal impact to local governmental entities is unknown. Escrow fund changes may result in an unknown increase in future state revenue.
Read the complete text of Proposition B on the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
MORE: Prop B amendment explainer
Proposition E
Official Ballot Title:
Shall Missouri Law be amended to prohibit the Governor or any state agency, from establishing or operating state-based health insurance exchanges unless authorized by a vote of the people or by the legislature?
No direct costs or savings for state and local governmental entities are expected from this proposal. Indirect costs or savings related to enforcement actions, missed federal funding, avoided implementation costs, and other issues are unknown.
Read the complete text of Proposition E on the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
MORE: A closer look at Proposition E
All information for the Missouri voters guide came from the Missouri Secretary of State's website.
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