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2 Tuesday, November 5,1996 Hayes contends, Hunt stresses issues I Hayes contrasts himself with Hunt, emphasizing his background and charging his opponent with failing in education. BY ROBIN SMITH STAFF WRITER Robin Hayes’ campaign speeches and advertisements stress that ‘‘l2 years is long enough.” The Republican gubernatorial candidate said he could not be more different from his running mate, incumbent Gov. Jim Hunt. "Here’s a guy who is a career politician and, in contrast, I’m a small-business man,” Hayes said. Hayes, who spent his last term in the N.C. House as Majority Whip, said he had basically come into politics from the outside. “I’ve put my whole life out on the table and have told people to examine me on the issues; I’ve said exactly howl’ll change government in North Carolina.” Though Hayes is strongly pushing for safer streets, reducing government regu lation and taxes and strengthening North Carolina’s families, he said improving education is “head and shoulders above the rest.” “There’s no way we can gloss over how poorly we’re doing in North Caro lina, ’’hesaid. “Somethingisbadly wrong with education; we don’t need more programs, we need lead ership.” If elected, Hayes said he would first get politics out of state personnel. “I would bring the size of government down by making it more efficient and effective,” he said. “ I don’t need a political machine, I just need to contribute to the state.” Hayes opposes abortion and advocates tougher crime con trol and cutting taxes, including getting rid of the food tax. Asa member of the House, Hayes serves as co-chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Resources. He is also chairman of the Prison Fellowship of North Carolina. Hayes said he wasn’t trying to make a name for himself in politics. “I’m running to make a difference for North Carolina. The things that I stand for people care about.” He also acknowledged the influence of his parents and grandparents, who set up a foundation for the state’s industry through Cannon Mills. “I’m proud of them and what they’ve done for North Carolina,” Hayes said. “This is my opportunity to continue their service and what they’ve done for the state.” A look inside the Orange County ballot: the names, the parties, your choices When you go to the polls Tuesday, you'll see a ballot that looks similar to the one below. In Orange County, voting is done by scantron. To vote for candidates, fill in the incomplete arrows next to their names. Polls will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. 1996 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 5,1996 US. PRESIDENT, U.S SENATOR, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, STATE DISTRICT AND COUNTY OFFICES READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE VOTING - MARK ONLY WITH THE PEN PROVIDED BY THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER a. To vote this ballot, complete the arrow to the right of the name of the political party for whose candidates you wish to vote. b. A vote for the names of a political party's candidiates for President and Vice-President is a vote for the Electors of that party, the names of whom are on file with the Secretary of State. c. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. FOR PRESIDENT and VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. (You may vote for ONE party) DEMOCRATIC BILL CLINTON AL GORE REPUBUCAN 808 DOLE JACK KEMP LIBERTARIAN HARRY BROWNE JO JORGENSEN ■ NATURAL LAW JOHN HAGELIN MIKE TOMPKINS REFORM ROSS PEROT JAMES CAMPBELL STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER a. To Vote for all candidates of one party (a straight ticket), complete the arrow to the right of the party for whose candidates you wish to vote. b. You nay vote a split ticket by not completing the party arrow, but by completing the arrow to the right of the name of each candidate for whom you wish to vote. c. You may also vote a split ticket by completing the party arrow and then completing the arrow the right of the name of any candidate you ■ Hunt focuses his campaign on education, welfare reform and deadbeat parents as he champions his administration’s successes. BY APRIL DEMERT STAFF WRITER Calling negative campaigning nonproductive, Gov. Jim Hunt encouraged voters to focus on issues rather than mud slinging in a campaign speech Monday in Charlotte. Hunt used the speech to outline his re-election campaign, pointing to reduced class sizes in elementary schools, increased Gubernatorial candidate ROBIN HAYES said he would focus on making government smaller and more efficient. teachers’ salaries and improved safety in schools as strides made in education dur ing his current term. “The governor has always been dedi cated to education,’’ said Dana Pope, press assistant for the Citizens for Jim Hunt Campaign. “In his first term as governor, he estab lished kindergarten in North Carolina and has always believed in giving chil dren every opportunity to succeed.” Since Hunt took office in 1992, Work First has helped about 17,000 welfare recipients to find work or job training, and the Hunt campaign cited a $36 mil lion decrease in welfare spending as proof of success. One project has been an effort to iden tify and apprehend deadbeat parents who may owe as much as $28,000 in unpaid child support. Seventeen of the top 20 offenders have been found, and the program has also been credited with the increased amount of child support collected this year. Supporting his call for a campaign based on issues rather than negative advertising, Hunt published his 1996AgendaFor Action in which he outlined his plans for North Carolina in the next four years. Highlighted in his agenda, Hunt has called for increased teacher salaries, and more support for the state university and community college systems. Further actions aimed at curbing domestic violence and juvenile crime, as well as a plan to prepare North Carolina’s economy for the 21st century, are also included in Hunt’s plan. In his Monday press conference, Hunt pointed out that voters were not only choosing a governor when they voted on Tuesday, but stressed that they were also making a choice concerning the direction that our state would follow into the future. Hunt said in Charlotte, “If I’m re-elected governor on Tuesday, it will be because North Carolinians are voting for this positive plan and against negative politics.” choose of a different party. In anv multi seat race where a party arrow is marked and you vote for candidates of another party, you must complete the arrow to the right of anv candidate vou choose nf the party for which vou completed the party arrow to assure vour vote will count. and. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. e. Straight party voting includes both sides of the ballot, except the Soil Conservation and Bond Referendum Ballot which must be marked separately. STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING (You may vote for ONE party) DEMOCRATIC DEM REBUPUCAN REP LIBERTARIAN UB NATURAL LAW NL FOR U.S. SENTATOR HARVEY B. GANTT DIM JESSE HELMS REP RAYUBINGER UB J. VICTOR PARDO NL FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS • 4TH DISTRICT DAVID E. PRICE "DENT FRED HEINEMAN REP DAVID ALLEN WALKER UB RUSSELL WOLLMAN W FOR GOVERNOR JAMES B. (JIM) HUNT, JR. DEM ROBIN HAYES REP scon and. yost uiT JULIA VAN WITT NL FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ~DENNIS A. WICKER DENT STEVE ARNOLD REP JOHN DAINOTTO NL FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE EASELY DEM ROBERT H. EDMUNDS, JR. REP ELECTIONS '96 focused on programs he implemented, such as Smart Start and the crackdown on deadbeat parents. FOR AUDITOR RALPH CAMPBELL DEM JACK DALY REP ROBERTJ. DORSEY UB Theodore janowski nl FOR COMMISSIONER OF 1 AGRICULTURE JAMES A. (JIM) GRAHAM DEM TOM DAVIDSON REP EUGENE PACZELT UR R. GAINES STEER NL FOR COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE JIM LONG DEM MIKE CAUSEY REP SEAN HAUGK UB STEPHEN WOLFE ~"nlT FOR COMMISSIONER OF LABOR HARRY E. PAYNE. JR. DEM R. TRACY WALKER REP ~SETH FEHRS LIB MARYANN COOKE NL_ FOR SECRETARY OF STATE "ELAINE MARSHALL DENT RICHARD PETTY REP~ LEWIS B. GUIGNARD UB STEPHEN RICHTER ~nT FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBUC INSTRUCTION MIKE WARD ~DENr VERNON ROBINSON REP CHRIS SPRUYT UB STARR VON STADE NL_ FOR TREASURER HARLAN E. BOYLES DENT ANN Q. DUNCAN REP LEWIS B. HUNTER UB PETER LYDA NL_ FOR CHIEF JUSTICE SUPREME COURT BURLEY B. MITCHELL JR. DEM" RAYMOND A. WARREN REP FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT SARAH PARKER DENT CARL L TILGHMAN Rp~ FORJUDGE COURT OF APPEALS UNDA McGEE DEM BETTY J. PEARCE REP Gantt tries again to unseat Helms ■ Gantt wants to reduce taxes on middle class and working families and will offer tax cuts for education and job training. BY ASHLEY MATLOCK STAFF WRITER Workers from Harvey Gantt’s Senate campaign said they were reaching out to middle-class families in an effort to unseat the 24-year incumbent Sen. Jesse Helms. “Harvey Gantt is the only candidate in this race who has proposed a number of tax deductions for middle-class families, ” said Gantt’s Press Secretary Lisa Mortman. Gantt supports a SIO,OOO tax deduc tion for middle-class families to cover the cost of college tuition and job training, according to Gantt’s campaign literature. Individuals earning up to $90,000 a year and families earning up to $120,000 a year would be eligible for this tax deduc tion. “Gantt believes kids should not be kept from going to college because of the size of their parents’ pocketbooks. ” Gantt also supports a SSOO per child tax credit for working families for each child under the age of 13. “Ganttbelieves education is the path to opportunity,” Mortman said. Gantt supports expanding Head Start. Gantt’s campaign reports Head Start saves taxpayers $7 for every dollar invested. According to Gantt’s campaign literature, Gantt also sup ports balancing the budget by cutting subsidies for big corpora tions instead of cutting Medicare and Social Security. “Gantt fully supports a balanced budget but not a balanced budget amendment,” Mortman said. “Harvey has put forward new ideas and old traditional values.” Campus Calendar Tuesday 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Sonya H. Stone Black Cultural Center will sponsor an Afri can-American Studies Mixer in the BCC. 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. N.C. Hillel will have a dinner at Cameron’s Kosher Cafe. This week is Jewish food night, so make sure you don’t miss it! 7 p.m.—TheUNC-University of Toronto Exchange Program will have an interest meet- 1996 OFFICIAL GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT NOVEMBER 5,1996 READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE VOTING - MARK ONLY WITH THE PEN PROVIDED BY THE OFFICIAL FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16 (You may vote for TWO) ELUE KINNAIRP DEM HOWARD LEE ~DEM P.H. CRAIG, JR. REP TEENA S. LITTLE rep FOR STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 24 (You may vote for TWO) JOE HACKNEY DEM VERLA C. INSKO DEM DAN BUEDEL REP TRACY D. FOWLER REP RIFKIN YOUNG NL FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER (You may vote for TWO.) MARGARET BROWN ~DEM MOSES CAREY, JR. DEM PARTICK HURLEY MULKEY REP JOHN THOMAS NL FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 15-B CHARLES ANDERSON ~DEM TERRY G. HARN REP FOR DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DISTRICT 15-B LONNIE COLEMAN ~PEM STRAIGHT PARTY VOTING ENDS HERE FOR SOIL and WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT , SUPERVISORS INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER To vote for the nonpartisan office of Soil and Water District Supervisor, complete the arrow to the right of the name of the candidate for whom you wish to vote. TOMMY LEONARD ■ Jesse Helms wants to reduce the national debt, balance the budget and reduce taxes using a flat tax in his next term as senator. BY ASHLEY MATLOCK STAFF WRITER The mission for the next six years of Sen. Jesse Helms, R- N.C., is to reduce the national debt, Political Director for the Helms campaign Eddie Woodhouse said. Helms supports a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would force Congress to submit a balanced budget to the presi dent each year, Woodhouse said. Helms also supports a flat tax, he said. “Helms was the first person to propose a flat tax, "said Robert Wilkie, director of the N.C. Republican Party. Helms authored legislation that would replace the current tax system with a 15 percent flat tax. “Everybody knows Helms is for re ducing taxes,” Woodhouse said. According to a campaign press release, Helms says he opposes any tax increase, including gas tax, tobacco excise tax, Social Security tax and small business tax. Democratic Senate candidate HARVEY GANTT has promised to help middle-class families cover college tuition costs. “By reducing the tax burden for work ing families it makes efforts like paying for college more affordable,” Woodhouse said. Helms’ campaign is also focusing on gaining more power for state and local governments. “(Helms’) vision is to bring the decision making process back to people of North Carolina and get it out of the hands of bureaucrats in Washington,” Woodhouse said. Helms has served as senator since 1973. ing on the second floor lounge of the Union. All are welcome! 7 p.m. The UNC Scuba Club will meet in 106 Gardner. All interested divers are in vited to attend. Tonight's discussion will be on the Bahamas trip and winter meetings. 7 p.m. —The UNC Ski Club is taking a trip to Quebec City, Canada on Dec. 29 to Jan. 3. The price of die trip is $350, which includes transportation, lift tickets, and lodging. Come to the meeting in 302 Woollen Gym. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTAND BOND REFERENDUM INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTER a. To voter FOR any amendment or bond, complete the arrow to the right of the word FOR. b. To vote AGAINST any amendment or bond, complete the arow to the right of the word AGAINST. c. If you tear, deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get another. 1 Constitutional amendments granting veto power to the Governor. ~FOR~ AGAINST 2 Constitutional amendment to provide that probation, restitu tion, community service, work programs and other restraints on liberty are punishments that may be imposed on a person convicted of a criminal offense. roT AGAINST 3 Constitutional amendment adding Victims' Rights Amend ment giving crime victims basic rights to participate in the justice system. FOR~ AGAINST (Tbr Bath} ear Urrl 4 1 Sen JESSE HELMS. R-N.C., said he opposed all forms of tax increases and supports a balanced budget amendment. For the record The Nov. 1 article 'Carolina Vote Project plans voter mobilization program' should have stated that students who have changed precincts since the last election should go to their original voting site to get a transfer form and should then take that form to the new site. Students can also vote in their old voting precinct. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. The issuance of one billion eight hundred million dollars ($1,800,000,000) State of North Carolina Public School Building Bonds consituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds to counties, with any other available funds, to pay the cost of public school building capital improvements. FOR AGAINST 5 The issuance of nine hundred fifty million dollars ($950,000,000) State of North Carolina Highway Bonds constituting general obligation bonds of the State secured by a pledge of the faith and credit and taxing power of the State for the purpose of providing funds, through the application of not in excess of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) of the bonds to pay the capital costs of urban loops, the application of not in excess of three hundred million dolars (300,000,000) of the bonds to pay the capital costs of Intrastate System projects, and the application of not in excess of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) of the bonds to pay the capital costs of projects constituting a part of the State secondary highway system resulting in the paving of unpaved roads. I FOR" AGAINST GENERAL ELECTION ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 5, 1996 CHAIRMAN, ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS DTH/ELYSE ALLEY
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