County-wide 2010 elected offices & incumbents for DeKalb, Georgia

First, get your own, personalized ballot for this election on Tuesday, November 2!

Second, peruse the research below for places to learn more about the contested races and ballot questions on which EVERYONE in DeKalb County, GA votes, regardless of where they live in the county.

Next, if you're interested, I also wrote a detailed blog post on election research tools, as well-as a post like this one for district-specific elected offices.

Finally, please let me know if I've missed any county-wide contest races or elected offices, or if you have any good resources for these races (videos of debates, etc.).

Some good general election tools are:

• League of Women Voters / AJC voter guide (also available as a printable PDF)
• League of Women Voters' EXCELLENT analysis (Pro/Con of ballot questions)
• Atlanta Press Club debates
• WABE radio interviews of candidates
• AJC politics page (profiles of some state-level candidates)
• Project Vote Smart (info on state-level candidates)

Contested Races for 2010

Ballot Questions & Referenda for 2010

League of Women Voters' EXCELLENT analysis (Pro/Con)

PDF file of all Statewide Ballot questions.

• Constitutional Amendment 1: Allows competitive contracts to be enforced in Georgia courts
  Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to make Georgia more economically competitive by authorizing legislation to uphold reasonable competitive agreements?
• Constitutional Amendment 2: Adds $10 tag fee on private passenger vehicles to fund statewide trauma care expansion.
  Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to impose an annual $10.00 trauma charge on certain passenger motor vehicles in this state for the purpose of funding trauma care?
• Constitutional Amendment 3: Allows the State to execute multiyear contracts for long-term transportation projects.
  Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the Georgia Department of Transportation to enter into multiyear construction agreements without requiring appropriations in the current fiscal year for the total amount of payments that would be due under the entire agreement so as to reduce long-term construction costs paid by the state?
• Constitutional Amendment 4: Allows the State to execute multiyear contracts for projects to improve energy
  efficiency and conservation.
  Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide for guaranteed cost savings for the state by authorizing a state entity to enter into multiyear contracts which obligate state funds for energy efficiency or conservation improvement projects?
• Constitutional Amendment 5: Allows owners of industrial-zoned property to choose to remove industrial designation from their property.
  Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended so as to allow the owners of real property located in industrial areas to remove the property from the industrial area?
• Statewide Referendum A:Provides for inventory of businesses to be exempt from state property tax.
  Shall the Act be approved which grants an exemption from state ad valorem taxation for inventory of a business?
• Countywide Referendum:Dekalb County Homestead Exemption.
  Shall the Act be approved which amends the homestead exemption from DeKalb County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead by extending the exemption for another five-year period?

Uncontested Races for 2010

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State

National