Below is what will be on the ballot in my hometown of Sandy Springs, GA (District 6 for U.S. Congress and Georgia Senate, District 52 for Georgia House). It includes national, state, and local candidates, as well as some proposed constitutional amendments and special voting issues.
CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
For President of the United States:
Donald J. Trump (President) and Michael Pence (Vice President)—Republican
Hilary Clinton (President) and Tim Kaine (Vice President)—Democrat
Gary Johnson (President) and Bill Weld (Vice President)—Libertarian
For United States Senate
Johnny Isakson (Incumbent)—Republican
Jim Barksdale—Democrat
Allen Buckley—Libertarian
For Public Service Commissioner
Tim Echols (Incumbent)—Republican
Eric Hoskins—Libertarian
For U.S. Representative in 115th Congress from the 6th Congressional District of Georgia
Tom Price (Incumbent)—Republican
Rodney Stooksbury—Democrat
For State Senator From 6th District
Hunter Hill (Incumbent)—Republican
Jaha Howard—Democrat
For State Representative in the General Assembly From 52nd District
Deborah Silcox—Republican
For District Attorney for the Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Paul Howard, Jr. (Incumbent)—Democrat
For Clerk of Superior Court
Lewis L. Pittman—Republican
Cathelene “Tina” Robinson (Incumbent)—Democrat
For Sheriff
Ben Coward—Republican
Theodore “Ted” Jackson (Incumbent)—Democrat
For Surveyor
William Daniel III (Incumbent)—Republican
Arnaud D. Huguet—Democrat
For Solicitor-General of State Court of Fulton County
Keith Gammage—Democrat
For Fulton County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
Preston D. Mason (Incumbent)
Alan O. Toney (Incumbent)
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically failing public schools in order to improve student performance?”
Yes
No
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow additional penalties for criminal cases in which a person is adjudged guilty of keeping a place of prostitution, pimping, pandering, pandering by compulsion, solicitation of sodomy, masturbation for hire, trafficking of persons for sexual servitude, or sexual exploitation of children and to all assessments on adult entertainment establishments to fund the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited children Fund to pay for care and rehabilitative and social services for individuals in this state who have been or may be sexually exposed?”
Yes
No
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to abolish the existing Judicial Qualifications Commission; require the General Assembly to create and provide by general law for the composition, manner of appointment, and governance of a new Judicial Qualifications Commission, with such commission having the power to discipline, remove, and cause involuntary retirement of judges; require the Judicial Qualifications Commission to have procedures that provide for due process of law and review by the Supreme Court of its advisory opinions; and all the Judicial Qualifications Commission to be open to the public in some manner?”
Yes
No
“Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to provide that the proceeds of excise taxes on the sale of fireworks or consumer fireworks be dedicated to the funding of trauma care, firefighter equipping and training, and local public safety purposes?”
Yes
No
SPECIAL ELECTION
Shall Fulton County, Georgia be authorized to grant a Freeport Exemption to E-Commerce goods stored in fulfillment centers from taxation?
Yes
No
Shall an additional .75 percent sales tax be collected in that part of Fulton Country, Georgia, outside of the City of Atlanta, for five years for the purpose of transportation improvements and congestion reduction?
Yes
No