In addition to voting for president, Patrick County voters may also vote Tuesday for a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives (9th District), and weigh in on two Virginia constitutional amendments plus a county-wide meals tax.
Town of Stuart voters may vote in three uncontested races: for mayor and two Town Council seats.
Following are the offices being sought and candidates’ names as they appear on the ballot:
See sample ballot page 14.
President and
vice president
In addition to the race between Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine and Donald Trump/Michael Pence, voters will see three additional sets of names on Tuesday’s ballot.
The Libertarian candidates are Gary Johnson for president and Bill Weld for vice president. Running on the Green Party ticket are Jill Stein for president and Ajamu Baraka for vice president. Running as Independents are Evan McMullin for president and Nathan Johnson for vice president.
U.S. House of
Representatives
For the Ninth District of the U.S. House of Representatives, Derek W. Kitts, a Democrat, is challenging incumbent Republican H. Morgan Griffith. Running as an Independent is Janice Allen Boyd. John Wimbish has campaigned as a write-in candidate.
VA Constitutional amendments
These two amendments will appear for voter approval on Tuesday’s ballot:
Question 1:
Should Article I of the Constitution of Virginia be amended to prohibit any agreement or combination between an employer and a labor union or labor organization whereby (i) nonmembers of the union or organization are denied the right to work for the employer, (ii) membership to the union or organization is made a condition of employment or continuation of employment by such employer, or (iii) the union or organization acquires an employment monopoly in any such enterprise?
Question 2:
Shall the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to provide an option to the localities to exempt from taxation the real property of the surviving spouse of any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who was killed in the line of duty, where the surviving spouse occupies the real property as his or her principal place of residence and has not remarried?
County-wide
meals tax
Below is the full text of the meals-tax referendum as it will appear on Tuesday’s ballot. A majority of county voters must approve the referendum before the Board of Supervisors can institute the tax.
This tax would apply only to restaurants located outside The Town of Stuart, which already has a 5-percent meals tax.
Shall there be imposed a tax in the amount of four percent upon food and beverages sold, for human consumption, by a restaurant, as defined in subdivision 9 of Section 35.1-1 of the Code of Virginia, which tax shall not be levied on food and beverages sold through vending machines or by (1) boardinghouses that do not accommodate transients; (2) cafeterias operated by industrial plants for employees only; (3) restaurants to their employees as part of their compensation when no charge is made to the employee; (4) volunteer fire departments and volunteer emergency medical services agencies; nonprofit churches or other religious bodies; or educational, charitable, fraternal, or benevolent organizations, the first three times per calendar year and, beginning with the fourth time, on the first $100,000.00 of gross receipts per calendar year from sales of food and beverages (excluding gross receipts from the first three times), as a fundraising activity, the gross proceeds of which are to be used by such church, religious body or organization exclusively for nonprofit educational, charitable, benevolent, or religious purposes; (5) churches that serve meals for their members as a regular part of their religious observances; (6) public or private elementary or secondary schools, colleges, and universities to their students or employees; (7) hospitals, medical clinics, convalescent homes, nursing homes, or other extended care facilities to patients or residents thereof; (8) day care centers; (9) homes for the aged, infirm, handicapped, battered women, narcotic addicts, or alcoholics; or (10) age-restricted apartment complexes or residences with restaurants, not open to the public, where meals are served and fees are charged for such food and beverages and are included in rental fees? Also the tax shall not be levied on food and beverages: (a) when used or consumed and paid for by the Commonwealth, any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or the United States; or (b) provided by a public or private nonprofit charitable organization or establishment to elderly, infirm, blind, handicapped, or needy persons in their homes, or at central locations; or (c) provided by private establishments that contract with the appropriate agency of the Commonwealth to offer food, food products, or beverages for immediate consumption at concession prices to elderly, infirm, blind, handicapped, or needy persons in their homes or at central locations.
Town of Stuart
elections
For voters who reside in the Town of Stuart, three local officials will appear on Tuesday’s ballot for re-election. All are running unopposed.
K. Ray Weiland is running for mayor; and John M. “Mac” Deekens and R. Leon Puckett are running for seats on the town council.
For more ballot information: visit www.elections.virginia.gov
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