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2010 General Election Polling Locations - March 1, 2010
Submitted by Allison Harbison

Voting will be conducted on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Polls open at 7am until 7pm.e.

Contact information: Shelby County Clerk, Allison Harbison, P.O. Box 1987, Center, Texas 75935. Phone: (936) 598-6361, Fax: (936) 598-3701

PRECINCT	NAME	VOTING LOCATION
1 N	Center	First United Methodist Church 211 N. Porter Street Center, Texas 75935
1 SO	Center	Church of Christ 110 Hurst Street Center, Texas 75935
1 SE	Center	Senior Citizens Center 3580 Loop 500 East Center, Texas 75935
1 SW	Center	Center Community House 423 San Augustine Street Center, Texas 75935
1 W	Center	Center Christian Family Life Center 2471 US Hwy 96 N Center, Texas 75935
2	Aiken	Excelsior School 11270 St. Hwy 7 W. Center, Texas 75935
3	Sardis	Sardis Cemetery Association Building 2962 FM 414 Center, Texas 75935
4	Huxley	Lydia Baptist Church Fellowship Hall - New Location 14998 FM 139 Shelbyville, Texas
5	Joaquin	First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 175 Faulkville Road Joaquin, Texas 75954
6	Dreka	Dreka Pentecostal Church Fellowship Hall 1193 FM 2427 Shelbyville, Texas 75973
7	Shelbyville	First Baptist Church – Shelbyville Fellowship Hall 5030 SH 87 South Shelbyville, Texas 75973
8	Tenaha	First United Methodist Church Schiede Hall 256 N. George Bowers Drive Tenaha, Texas 75954
9 N	Timpson	Texas State Bank 830 N. 1st St. W. Timpson, Texas 75975
9 S	Timpson	Timpson School Gym Foyer S. 2nd St. Timpson, Texas 75975

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Official Ballot Information - February 16, 2010
Submitted by County Clerk, Allison Harbison

Official Ballot Information Below - Republican Party and Democratic Party

Official Ballot Information

REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION All Precincts Except 8
Federal United States Representative, District1 Louie Gohmert State Governor Debra Medina Kay Bailey Hutchison Rick Perry Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst Attorney General Greg Abbott Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs Commissioner of the General Land Office Jerry Patterson Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples	State Railroad Commissioner Victor G Carrillo David Porter Justice, Supreme Court, Place3 Rick Green Rick Strange Debra Lehrmann Jim Moseley Rebecca Simmons Jeff Brown Justice, Supreme Court, Place5 Paul Green Justice, Supreme Court, Place9 Eva Guzman Rose Vela Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place2 Lawrence "Larry" Meyers Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place5 Cheryl Johnson Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place6 Michael E. Keasler	State State Senator, District3 Robert Nichols State Representative, District9 Wayne Christian Justice, 12th Court of Appeals District, Place2 Brian Hoyle County County Judge Donnie Borders Rick L. Campbell County Treasurer Joan Rodgers County Chairman Leigh Porterfield
REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION Precincts 8
Same as above	Same as above	Same as above Except... Justice of the Peace, Precinct No.4 Al Howard

Official Ballot Information

DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 1N, 1SO, 1SW, & 2
State Governor Bill White Felix (Rodriguez) Alvarado Farouk Shami Star Locke Alma Ludivina Aguado Bill Dear Clement E. Glenn Lieutenant Governor Ronnie Earle Marc Katz Linda Chavez - Thompson Attorney General Barbara Ann Radnofsky Commisioner of the General Land Office Hector Uribe Bill Burton Commisioner of Agriculture Hank Gilbert Richard "Kinky" Friedman Railroad Commisioner Jeff Weems	State Justice, Supreme Court, Place3 Jim Sharp Justice, Supreme Court, Place5 Bill Moody Justice, Supreme Court, Place9 Blake Bailey Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place6 Keith Hampton State Representative, District9 Kenneth D. Franks District Judge, 273rd Judicial District Charles Ramsey Mitchell County County Judge Benny Russell District Clerk Lori Oliver	County County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1 Harold L. Osborne County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 1SE - CENTER
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner County Commissioner, Precinct No. 2 Jimmy Lout Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1 Harold L. Osborne County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 1W - CENTER
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4 Kevin Foster Bradley Allen Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 1 Harold L. Osborne County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 3 & 5
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 3 Margie L. Anderson County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 4, 6 & 7
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner County Commissioner, Precinct No. 2 Jimmy Lout Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 2 O.B. "Bert" Furlow County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 8 - TENAHA
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4 Kevin Foster Bardley Allen Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 4 Larry "Dude" Jones Constable, Precinct No. 4, Unexpired Term Fred D. Walker, Jr. County Chairman Don Wheeler
DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRIMARY ELECTION 9N & 9S
Same as above	Same as above	County Clerk Allison Harbison County Treasurer Pam Shofner County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4 Kevin Foster Bardley Allen Justice of the Peace, Precinct No. 5 Jim Powers County Chairman Don Wheeler

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Referendums on the Republican Party Primary Election Ballot - February 16, 2010

The Republican Party Primary Election ballot has five additional referendums located on the back of the ballots. According to Britannica, referendum is an electoral devices by which voters may express their wishes with regard to government policy or proposed legislation. Voting on the below propositions will not make them law.

The referendums are:

Ballot Proposition #1: Photo ID

The Texas legislature should make it a priority to protect the integrity of our election process by enacting legislation that requires voters to provide valid photo identification in order to cast a ballot in any and all elections conducted in the State of Texas.

Ballot Proposition #2: Controlling Government Growth

Every government body in Texas should be required to limit any annual increase in its budget and spending to the combined increase of population and inflation unless it first get voter approval to exceed the allowed annual growth or in the case of an official emergency.

Ballot Proposition #3: Cutting Federal Income Taxes

In addition to aggressively eliminating irresponsible federal spending, Congress should empower American citizens to stimulate the economy by Congress cutting federal income taxes for all federal taxpayers, rather than spending hundreds of billions of dollars on so-called "federal economic stimulus."

Ballot Proposition #4: Public Acknowledgement of God

The use of the word "God", prayers, and the Ten Commandments should be allowed at public gatherings and public educational institutions, as well as be permitted on government buildings and property.

Ballot Proposition #5: Sonograms

The Texas Legislature should enact legislation requiring a sonogram to be performed and shown to each mother about to undergo a medically unnecessary, elective abortion.

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