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CONSOLIDATED PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION Voter Information Guide and Sample Ballot TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 Polls are open 7am-8pm District 1, District 2, District 4 Teola L. Tremayne I County Clerk and ex officio Registrar of Voters County of Alpine, California P.O. Box 158 I 99 Water Street I Markleeville, CA 96120 (530) 694-2281 I (530) 694-2491 [EMAIL REDACTED] www.alpinecountyca.gov ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- What’s in this guide? VOTING Notice of All-Mail Ballot Election 2 Accessible voting 2 How to vote by mail 3 RACES/CANDIDATES What’s on the ballot for this election? 4 Party endorsements 5 Political Party Information 5 About the candidates 6 Expenditure Limitations 7 Paid Candidate Statements 8 SAMPLE BALLOT Sample Ballot 13 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- NOTICE of All Mail Ballot Election Notice is hereby given that pursuant to California Elections Code 3005, Precinct 1, Precinct 2, Precinct 3, Precinct 4 and Precinct 5, having less than 250 persons registered to vote within the precinct boundaries, are hereby declared mailed-ballot precincts for the November 8, 2016 Consolidated Presidential General Election. There will be no polling places. Teola L. Tremayne I County Clerk and ex officio Registrar of Voters County of Alpine, California Vote by Mail Vote by mail Voters will automatically receive a vote by mail ballot. Return it by mail or deliver it to the Registrar of Voters office by Election Day. Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked or delivered by November 8th. Accessible Voting How to request assistance Alpine County Clerk: (530) 694-2281 Disability Rights California will operate a statewide Election Day Hotline 7am to 8pm on Election Day (888) 569-7955 2 ---PAGE BREAK--- How to vote by mail How to get your vote-by-mail ballot Voters will automatically receive a vote by mail ballot. How to vote by mail • Use a dark colored pen or pencil to COMPLETELY fill in the oval to the left of the candidate. Use only a blue or black ballpoint ink pen. • Do not use red ink pens, Sharpies, markers or any other type of pen. • To vote for a qualified write-in candidate, write their name on the blank line at the end of the list of candidates. Then fill in the oval to the left of the blank line. • A list of qualified write-in candidates is available on Election Day. The list is posted 13 days before the election on our website at www.alpinecountyca.gov. • Seal your envelope. Do not forget to sign and print your residential address. Check your ballot carefully If you make a mistake, you can exchange it for a new ballot at the County Clerk’s Office. How to return your vote-by-mail ballot Mark your ballot. Then follow the instructions on the official envelope to sign, date, and seal your ballot. You can: Mail your ballot, so that it is postmarked by Election Day, November 8. Hand-deliver your ballot to the Alpine County Clerk at 99 Water St., Markleeville, CA. 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- What’s on the ballot for this election? Consolidated Presidential General Election – November 8, 2016 You will receive two voter information guides for this election with information about your ballot. Alpine County (this guide) Mailed to all registered voters in the county. Local and county races and local measures are on the following pages in this guide. California State Guide Mailed to each household in the State. U.S. national races, statewide races, and state propositions are in the guide from the State. Offices President United States Senate United States Representative State Senate State Assembly School Local Measures None State Propositions 51. K-12 School Bonds. 52. State Fees on Hospitals. 53. Revenue Bonds. 54. Legislation and Proceedings. 55. Tax Extension to Fund Education/Healthcare. 56. Cigarette Tax. 57. Criminal Sentences. 58. English language education. 59. Campaign finance: voter instruction. 60. Adult Films. Condoms. 61. State Prescription Drug Purchases. 62. Death Penalty. 63. Firearms. Ammunition Sales. 64. Marijuana Legalization. 65. Carry-Out Bags. Charges. 66. Death Penalty. Procedures. 67. Referendum to Overturn Ban on Plastic Bags. 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- Party Endorsements Parties have the option of submitting candidate endorsements for voter-nominated offices only for printing in this guide. Not all parties participate and parties may endorse a candidate from another party. The Green, Libertarian, and Peace and Freedom parties did not submit endorsements of candidates to be printed in this guide. The candidate’s party preference on the ballot does not necessarily mean that they have that political party’s support. Office Democratic Republican American Independent US Senate Kamala D. Harris none None Congressional District 04 Robert Derlet Tom McClintock Tom McClintock State Senate District 01 Rob Rowen Ted Gaines Ted Gaines Assembly District 05 Robert Carabas Frank Bigelow Frank Bigelow Political Party Information Because our voting system does not have the capability to print political parties in their full names due to lack of space on the ballot, the parties are abbreviated as follows: DEM Democratic REP Republican AI American Independent GRN Green LIB Libertarian PF Peace and Freedom REP, AI Republican, American Independent 5 ---PAGE BREAK--- About the candidates Who is running for office? Refer to the sample ballot in this guide for a complete list of candidates. Candidates have paid to submit their candidate statement in this guide. Statewide candidates: www.sos.ca.gov Local candidates: Alpine County Unified School District – Governing Board Member, Trustee Area A (2 positions, VOTE FOR TWO CANDIDATES) Amy Mecak – Business Owner/Parent 100 Hawkins Ranch Rd Markleeville, CA 96120 (530) 694-2707 www.amy4alpine.org Rachael Brothers, – Resource Coordinator/Parent 20520 State Route 89 Markleeville, CA 96120 (530) 694-1735 Amber Watts – Parent PO Box 5063 265 Tollgate Rd Bear Valley, CA 95223 Jane Starratt - Incumbent 2450 Emigrant Trail Markleeville, CA 96120 (530) 694-2655 [EMAIL REDACTED] 6 ---PAGE BREAK--- Expenditure Limitations: State Legislative Candidates Voters passed Proposition 34 in November 2000. This law says we must tell voters the names of candidates who agree to campaign spending limits. This law only applies to candidates for State Legislative offices like State Senate and State Assembly. Candidates who agree are allowed to pay for and publish a candidate’s statement of qualifications. Those statements are printed in this guide. The following State Legislative candidates have accepted the voluntary campaign spending limits: 1st State Senate Rob Rowen, DEM Ted Gaines, REP 5th Assembly Frank Bigelow, REP Robert Carabas, DEM 7 ---PAGE BREAK--- Paid Candidate Statements: United States Representative District 4 Candidates have the option to prepare and pay for a statement to be printed in this guide. A complete list of candidates may be found on the Sample Ballot in this guide. Statements are printed in the random alpha order conducted by the elections official. Robert W. Derlet Occupation: Physician, Professor, Author Age: Education and Qualifications: Listening to the people in this district motivated me to run for Congress. Too many families, young people, and retired workers experience pain and frustration created by the growing costs of everyday living, from housing costs to groceries. Increased healthcare costs top the list, with families paying outrageous costs for insurance, deductibles, non-covered services, and prescription drugs. I’ll fight to lower healthcare costs for everyone and also offer Medicare beginning at age 55. I’ll vote to increase consumer protection to counter deceptive Wall Street practices and keep Social Security and Medicare away from Wall Street privatization. I’ll fight to keep good jobs in the USA, increase wages and benefits, support legislation to reduce the cost of education, and help small businesses succeed. Our High Sierra forests face wildfire threats from drought and the bark beetle epidemic. I’ll work to increase funding to remove dead trees and brush. I’ll protect our watershed, ensure clean air and water, and also support measures to tackle global climate change. I’ve worked hard all my life, beginning at age 8 delivering newspapers, then working in clerical, factory, shipping, ranching, and construction jobs. After becoming a physician, I served 18 years as Professor and Chief of the Emergency Department, UC Davis Medical Center, where I taught medical students and supervised the care of nearly 1 million patients. I’ve hiked thousands of miles in our district’s watershed while conducting research on water quality in the High Sierra. Please visit www.derletforcongress.com. Robert W. Derlet Tom McClintock Occupation: United States Representative Age: Education and Qualifications: America has enjoyed its greatest prosperity and happiness when it has known its greatest freedom. Our Founders created a society where we were free to make our own choices, enjoy the fruit of our own labors, take responsibility for our own decisions and lead our own lives with a minimum of governmental interference and intrusion. Government protected our fundamental rights and left us otherwise alone to live our own lives as we saw fit. Today, a very different vision competes for our future: an all-powerful government that commands our economic decisions, micro-manages our daily lives, and consumes more and more of our earnings. In the last eight years, it has disrupted our healthcare system, shrunk our family incomes, threatened our constitutional rights, doubled our national debt, overwhelmed us with illegal immigration and placed our children in danger of becoming the first American generation to be less well off than their parents. The election of 2016 will decide whether America becomes another failed socialist state or whether this generation of Americans revives and restores the founding American principles of individual liberty, constitutionally limited government and personal responsibility that produced the happiest, freest and most prosperous society in human history. You sent me to Washington to fight to restore the freedom that made America great, and I am doing everything in my power to do so. I am asking for your support to continue this fight. You can read more about my proposals at Tom McClintock 8 ---PAGE BREAK--- Paid Candidate Statements: State Assembly District 5 Candidates have the option to prepare and pay for a statement to be printed in this guide. A complete list of candidates may be found on the Sample Ballot in this guide. Statements are printed in the random alpha order conducted by the elections official. Robert Carabas Occupation: United States Representative Age: Education and Qualifications: As I look around my district I am deeply concerned about the lack of opportunities for young people, which were plentiful when I was a kid. For years, like many of us, I wanted to believe that this problem would solve itself, or wasn't as bad as I thought. With the arrival of the first of five grandchildren however, I felt driven to stop talking about the issues and run for political office, to find workable solutions, and help rebuild the American Dream for everyone's children and grandchildren. This isn't my first time in the political arena. When the infrastructure of the Berkeley Public Schools was crumbling around my children, I worked tirelessly with other parents to pass a bond measure that rebuilt every school, provided books, supplies and materials, while reducing class size. My experience as a corporate credit manager was key to crafting a measure that had parent, teacher and administrator oversight at each school, was fully funded, and was successful in improving Berkeley's public education in the short and long term. We need to take this approach statewide. We need to focus on rebuilding infrastructure, reducing healthcare costs, and responding to the changing climate, all while creating living wage jobs so that our citizens can participate in our local economy. And, perhaps most importantly, I will represent all voters in this fight. I refuse to take donations over $200, because special interests take care of themselves, not the children and grandchildren that we need to protect. http://www.facebook.com/robertjamescarabas Robert Carabas Frank Bigelow Occupation: Age: 62 Education and Qualifications: As your you’ve put your trust in me to protect taxpayers from Sacramento’s out-of- control spending and to defend our way of life. Despite all the work we’ve done together, it’s clear there are many problems left to solve. That’s why I’m asking for your trust to continue our fight for a stronger economy, a smaller state government, additional water storage for our communities and the quality education our children deserve. Our region’s unemployment rate remains higher than the rest of California and we simply must take action to provide economic opportunity for those who are out of work. That opportunity starts with a strong education. That’s why I supported a plan to invest in early childhood education and ensure our local schools get their fair share. And it’s also why I’m supporting a proposal to help our schools build new facilities to help all our children succeed. When it comes to strengthening our economy, I’ll continue to work on policies that not only create new jobs, but also keep the ones we have from being lost to other states. And I’ll continue to be an outspoken voice to help deliver water to our communities and invest in water storage projects for the future. I’d be honored with your trust and your vote to continue our fight for local jobs and a stronger local economy. www.frankbigelow.com Frank Bigelow 9 ---PAGE BREAK--- Paid Candidate Statements: Alpine County Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area A Candidates have the option to prepare and pay for a statement to be printed in this guide. A complete list of candidates may be found on the Sample Ballot in this guide. Statements are printed in the random alpha order conducted by the elections official. Amy Mecak Occupation: Business Owner/Parent Age: 46 Education and Qualifications: As a commissioner of First 5 of Alpine, President of Alpine County Parents Club and DVS Site Council, and my work on the Local Control Accountability Plan, I have been focused on advocating for programs that support the overall well being and education of all Alpine County children. As a parent and regular volunteer at Diamond Valley School and in the community, I have had a great deal of first hand experience with students, teachers and parents and have gained a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities our district faces. I have a Bachelor’s in Accounting and spent 14 years in corporate retail, developing and managing merchandise plans. My professional experience in accounting, planning and human resources will help me support our Board in directing administration towards success. Our district needs a long-term vision that reflects the consensus of the board, community and staff. I will hold myself to a high degree of responsibility and accountability in helping build that vision. I will work hard to foster and support a positive climate for all within the district. Please support me with your vote and your voice will be heard. For more information, visit amy4alpine.org or call 694-2707. Amy Mecak Rachael Brothers Occupation: Resource Coordinator/Parent Age: 43 Education and Qualifications: I have lived in Alpine County and worked for a local nonprofit serving our county's children and their families for the past 18 years. In my career, I have been committed to strengthening services to our community's children and their families. My husband and I appreciate all of the benefits of raising our two school-age children in our rural mountain community. For the past three years I have actively participated in the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) process to help develop a plan reflective of the needs and desires of our community. Working to improve outcomes at Diamond Valley School I have served as a member of Site Council and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team, and I am an active member of the Alpine Parents Group. I have a BS in Nutrition and am a Registered Dietitian who has completed additional education in Early Childhood Development and in-depth training related to special education services. It is my sincerest belief that the best outcomes arrive from truly collaborative processes and can not happen without authentically including the viewpoints of all parties. If elected, my goal will be to ensure all viewpoints are valued and truly included in board decisions. Rachael Brothers 10 ---PAGE BREAK--- Paid Candidate Statements: Alpine County Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area A Candidates have the option to prepare and pay for a statement to be printed in this guide. A complete list of candidates may be found on the Sample Ballot in this guide. Statements are printed in the random alpha order conducted by the elections official. Jane Starratt Occupation: Age: Education and Qualifications: It has been an honor to serve on the Alpine County Unified School Board these past four years. My primary goal as a newly elected board member was to boost grade level achievement in reading and math for all students, especially for those coming from poverty backgrounds. When my term began Diamond Valley had multi-grade classrooms, a system that did not benefit all students because it impeded effectively presenting grade level curriculum to each of them. We had many students struggling and not performing to their potential. So the board has reorganized the school into single grade classrooms, and as a result our student scores are improving, showing growth at all grade levels. Additionally we are now offering music and art, and a gifted and talented program. Students have an opportunity to compete in sports with other schools, and we have ongoing tutoring in reading and math. I am very proud that in 2016 Diamond Valley School received both the Gold Ribbon School Award, and the Title I Academic Achievement Award from the State Superintendent of Schools. Our low performing students are making great progress. I am proud of this success and would love to continue this work for another term. Jane Starratt INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 11 ---PAGE BREAK--- INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 12 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICIAL BALLOT CONSOLIDATED PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4, SENATE DISTRICT 1, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 5, COUNTY OF ALPINE, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 VOTE BOTH SIDES SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT 1 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: VOTE LIKE THIS: • Completely darken the oval to the left of your choice using a blue or black ballpoint pen. • Vote for no more than one candidate, unless otherwise stated. • If you wrongly stamp, tear, or deface this ballot, return it to the elections official and obtain another. • To vote for a qualified write-in candidate, write the person's name in the blank space provided for that purpose after the names of the other candidates for the same office. Party Nominated Offices The party label accompanying the name of a candidate for party- nominated office on the general election ballot means that the candidate is the official nominee of the party shown. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT GARY JOHNSON, For President BILL WELD, For Vice President LIB JILL STEIN, For President AJAMU BARAKA, For Vice President GRN HILLARY CLINTON, For President TIM KAINE, For Vice President DEM GLORIA ESTELA LA RIVA, For President DENNIS J. BANKS, For Vice President PF DONALD J. TRUMP, For President MICHAEL R. PENCE, For Vice President REP, AI Write-in President and Vice President Vote for One Party Voter-Nominated and Nonpartisan Offices All voters, regardless of the party preference they disclosed upon registration, or refusal to disclose a party preference, may vote for any candidate for a voter-nominated or non-partisan office. The party preference, if any, designated by a candidate for a voter-nominated office is selected by the candidate and is shown for the information of the voters only. It does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party or that the party approves of the candidate. The party preference, if any, of a candidate for a nonpartisian office does not appear on the ballot. STATE UNITED STATES SENATOR KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General of California DEM LORETTA L. SANCHEZ United States Congresswoman DEM United States Senator Vote for One UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT W. DERLET Physician DEM TOM MCCLINTOCK United States Representative REP United States Representative District 4 Vote for One STATE SENATOR ROB ROWEN Retired Business Owner DEM TED GAINES Small Business Owner REP State Senator District 1 Vote for One MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY ROBERT CARABAS No Ballot Designation DEM FRANK BIGELOW REP State Assembly Member District 5 Vote for One SCHOOL AMY MECAK Business Owner/Parent AMBER WATTS Parent RACHAEL BROTHERS Resource Coordinator/Parent JANE STARRATT Incumbent Write-in Write-in Alpine County Unified School District Governing Board Trustee, Trustee Area A Vote for No More Than Two MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS STATE YES NO 51 SCHOOL BONDS. FUNDING FOR K-12 SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACILITIES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Authorizes $9 billion in general obligation bonds for new construction and modernization of K-12 public school facilities; charter schools and vocational education facilities; and California Community Colleges facilities. Fiscal Impact: State costs of about $17.6 billion to pay off both the principal billion) and interest ($8.6 billion) on the bonds. Payments of about $500 million per year for 35 years. YES NO 52 MEDI-CAL HOSPITAL FEE PROGRAM. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Extends indefinitely an existing statute that imposes fees on hospitals to fund Medi-Cal health care services, care for uninsured patients, and children's health coverage. Fiscal Impact: Uncertain fiscal effect, ranging from relatively little impact to annual state General Fund savings of around $1 billion and increased funding for public hospitals in the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually. YES NO 53 REVENUE BONDS. STATEWIDE VOTER APPROVAL. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Requires statewide voter approval before any revenue bonds can be issued or sold by the state for certain projects if the bond amount exceeds $2 billion. Fiscal Impact: State and local fiscal effects are unknown and would depend on which projects are affected by the measure and what actions government agencies and voters take in response to the measure's voting requirement. Card 2 SAMPLE 13 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICIAL BALLOT CONSOLIDATED PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4, SENATE DISTRICT 1, ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 5, COUNTY OF ALPINE, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2016 VOTE BOTH SIDES SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT 1 YES NO 54 LEGISLATURE. LEGISLATION AND PROCEEDINGS. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Prohibits Legislature from passing any bill unless published on Internet for 72 hours before vote. Requires Legislature to record its proceedings and post on Internet. Authorizes use of recordings. Fiscal Impact: One-time costs of $1 million to $2 million and ongoing costs of about $1 million annually to record legislative meetings and make videos of those meetings available on the Internet. YES NO 55 TAX EXTENSION TO FUND EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Extends by twelve years the temporary personal income tax increases enacted in 2012 on earnings over $250,000, with revenues allocated to K-12 schools, California Community Colleges, and, in certain years, healthcare. Fiscal Impact: Increased state revenues-$4 billion to $9 billion annually from 2019-2030-depending on economy and stock market. Increased funding for schools, community colleges, health care for low-income people, budget reserves, and debt payments. YES NO 56 CIGARETTE TAX TO FUND HEALTHCARE, TOBACCO USE PREVENTION, RESEARCH, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Increases cigarette tax by $2.00 per pack, with equivalent increase on other tobacco products and electronic cigarettes containing nicotine. Fiscal Impact: Additional net state revenue of $1 billion to $1.4 billion in 2017-18, with potentially lower revenues in future years. Revenues would be used primarily to augment spending on health care for low-income Californians. YES NO 57 CRIMINAL SENTENCES. PAROLE. JUVENILE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND SENTENCING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Allows parole consideration for nonviolent felons. Authorizes sentence credits for rehabilitation, good behavior, and education. Provides juvenile court judge decides whether juvenile will be prosecuted as adult. Fiscal Impact: Net state savings likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually, depending on implementation. Net county costs of likely a few million dollars annually. YES NO 58 ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Preserves requirement that public schools ensure students obtain English language proficiency. Requires school districts to solicit parent/community input in developing language acquisition programs. Requires instruction to ensure English acquisition as rapidly and effectively as possible. Authorizes school district to establish dual-language immersion programs for both native and non-native English speakers. Fiscal Impact: No notable fiscal effect on school districts or state government. YES NO 59 CORPORATIONS. POLITICAL SPENDING. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY QUESTION. Asks whether California's elected officials should use their authority to propose and ratify an amendment to the federal Constitution overturning the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Citizens United ruled that laws placing certain limits on political spending by corporations and unions are unconstitutional. Fiscal Impact: No direct fiscal effect on state or local governments. Shall California's elected officials use all of their constitutional authority, including, but not limited to, proposing and ratifying one or more amendments to the United States Constitution, to overturn Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) 558 U.S. 310, and other applicable judicial precedents, to allow the full regulation or limitation of campaign contributions and spending, to ensure that all citizens, regardless of wealth, may express their views to one another, and to make clear that corporations should not have the same constitutional rights as human beings? YES NO 60 ADULT FILMS. CONDOMS. HEALTH REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires adult film performers to use condoms during filming of sexual intercourse. Requires producers to pay for performer vaccinations, testing, and medical examinations. Requires producers to post condom requirement at film sites. Fiscal Impact: Likely reduction of state and local tax revenues of several million dollars annually. Increased state spending that could exceed $1 million annually on regulation, partially offset by new fees. YES NO 61 STATE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PURCHASES. PRICING STANDARDS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Prohibits state from buying any prescription drug from a drug manufacturer at price over lowest price paid for the drug by United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Exempts managed care programs funded through Medi-Cal. Fiscal Impact: Potential for state savings of an unknown amount depending on how the measure's implementation challenges are addressed and the responses of drug manufacturers regarding the provision and pricing of their drugs. YES NO 62 DEATH PENALTY. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Repeals death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Applies retroactively to existing death sentences. Increases the portion of life inmates' wages that may be applied to victim restitution. Fiscal Impact: Net ongoing reduction in state and county criminal justice costs of around $150 million annually within a few years, although the impact could vary by tens of millions of dollars depending on various factors. YES NO 63 FIREARMS. AMMUNITION SALES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires background check and Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition. Prohibits possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. Establishes procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by specified persons. Requires Department of Justice's participation in federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Fiscal Impact: Increased state and local court and law enforcement costs, potentially in the tens of millions of dollars annually, related to a new court process for removing firearms from prohibited persons after they are convicted. YES NO 64 MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Legalizes marijuana under state law, for use by adults 21 or older. Imposes state taxes on sales and cultivation. Provides for industry licensing and establishes standards for marijuana products. Allows local regulation and taxation. Fiscal Impact: Additional tax revenues ranging from high hundreds of millions of dollars to over $1 billion annually, mostly dedicated to specific purposes. Reduced criminal justice costs of tens of millions of dollars annually. YES NO 65 CARRYOUT BAGS. CHARGES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Redirects money collected by grocery and certain other retail stores through mandated sale of carryout bags. Requires stores to deposit bag sale proceeds into a special fund to support specified environmental projects. Fiscal Impact: Potential state revenue of several tens of millions of dollars annually under certain circumstances, with the monies used to support certain environmental programs. YES NO 66 DEATH PENALTY. PROCEDURES. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Changes procedures governing state court challenges to death sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Fiscal Impact: Unknown ongoing impact on state court costs for processing legal challenges to death sentences. Potential prison savings in the tens of millions of dollars annually. YES NO 67 BAN ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS. REFERENDUM. A "Yes" vote approves, and a "No" vote rejects, a statute that prohibits grocery and other stores from providing customers single-use plastic or paper carryout bags but permits sale of recycled paper bags and reusable bags. Fiscal Impact: Relatively small fiscal effects on state and local governments, including a minor increase in state administrative costs and possible minor local government savings from reduced litter and waste management costs. Card 2 SAMPLE 14