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Election Tuesday By BARRY BURLESON Election day arrives next Tuesday, Nov. 8. The ballot in Marshall County includes 12 contested races, 20 unopposed candidates and three statewide initiatives. Positions up for grabs include governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, commissioner of insurance, Northern District public service commissioner, Northern District transportation commissioner, state senator District 2, state representative District 13 and county supervisor District 3. Mississippi voters will also vote yes or no on three proposed initiatives. Initiative #26 – Should the term “person” be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof? The Legislative Budget Office has concluded there is no determinable cost or revenue impact associated with this initiative. Initiative #27 – Should the Mississippi Constitution be amended to require a person to submit government-issued photo identification in order to vote? The Legislative Budget Office has determined that based on Fiscal Year 2010 information, the Department of Public Safety issued 107,094 photo IDs to U.S. citizens of voting age. The individuals were assessed $14 per ID to offset a portion of the $17.92 cost per ID. The cost is estimated to remain the same, but the assessment will no longer be allowable under the provision of Initiative 27. Therefore, the Department of Public Safety is estimated to see a loss of revenue of approximately $1,499,000. Initiative #31 – Should government be prohibited from taking private property by eminent domain and then transferring it to other persons? The Legislative Budget Office has concluded there is no determinable cost or revenue impact associated with this initiative. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Absentee voting, for anyone who will be out of town on election day, is available in the circuit clerk’s office until 12 noon this Saturday, Nov. 5. If voters have requested and received an absentee ballot by mail, the ballot must arrive in the circuit clerk’s office by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, in order to be counted. A sample ballot is included in this week’s newspaper. |
     
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