Union County Board of Elections 271 North Broad Street Elizabeth, New Jersey 07208-3702 __________ NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 163 Elizabeth, N.J. TM Authorized by the U.S. Postal Service Return Service Requested PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION OF YOUR POLLING PLACE BEFORE DISCARDING THIS SAMPLE BALLOT. 2010 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT Polls Open From 6 A.M. to 8 P.M. SCOTCH PLAINS Form 49 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION SAMPLE BALLOT JOANNE RAJOPPI Union County Clerk TOWNSHIP OF SCOTCH PLAINS Union County, New Jersey – November 2, 2010 7th Congressional District PUBLIC QUESTION TO BE VOTED UPON PUBLIC QUESTION #1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO DEDICATE ASSESSMENTS ON WAGES BY THE STATE TO THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Shall the amendment to Article VIII, Section II of the State Constitution, agreed to by the Legislature, which: prohibits collection by the State of assessments based solely on employee wages and salaries for any purpose other than providing employee beneﬁts; dedicates all employer and employee contributions collected for any employee beneﬁt fund, and all returns on investments of those contributions, to the purpose of that fund; and prohibits any transferring, borrowing, appropriating or using of those contributions or returns for any other purpose, be approved? YES NO INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT This proposed constitutional amendment prohibits the collection by the State of assessments based on employee wages and salaries for any purpose except paying employee beneﬁts (or making other employee-authorized or federally required payments, in the case of the Stateʼs own employees), dedicates all contributions made to the unemployment compensation fund, the State disability beneﬁts fund, or any other employee beneﬁt fund, and all returns on investments of those contributions, to the purpose of that fund, and prohibits the use of those contributions or returns for any other purpose. The requirements of this proposed amendment do not apply to the gross income tax, which is exclusively dedicated by the Constitution to the purpose of reducing or offsetting local property taxes. Column Column Column A B C OFFICE TITLE Republican Democratic Member of House of Representatives 2 Year Term – Vote for One 3 Year Term - Vote for One Sheriff County Clerk 5 Year Term - Vote for One Ed POTOSNAK Ralph FROEHLICH Joanne RAJOPPI Daniel P. Members of Board of Chosen Freeholders 3 Year Term - Vote for Three SULLIVAN Bette Jane KOWALSKI Linda CARTER Kevin GLOVER Members of Township Council Neal LeSTRANGE 1A 2A Leonard LANCE Peter B. LIJOI Arthur P. 3A ZAPOLSKI 4A DICKSON 5A FLANAGAN 6A BOCHICCHIO MEDVED 7A PATTI 8A TRIFIRO Ellen K. Brian T. Elyse Tony Salvatore Nomination by Petition 1B 1 2B 2 3B 3 4B 4 5B 5 6B 6 7B MARCUS 9A William “Bo” VASTINE Dominick BRATTI 7C 7 8C 8 Incumbent, Fiscal Conservative 8B Jeffrey STRAUSS Independent Scotch Plains 4 Year Term – Vote for Three Michael “Mickey” PERSONAL CHOICE 9B 9 E - 7th, Form 49, Scotch Plains TO RECORD YOUR VOTE PLEASE SEE REVERSE SIDE OF BALLOT FOR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT PRESS THE “CAST VOTE” BUTTON UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE ALL DESIRED SELECTIONS. CAST VOTE BUTTON