Show n (1 Campaign 78 it The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 3 1971 The Herald Journal ©mo© item oh Franklin County voters who go to the polls Tuesday will bare aa opportunity to punch 21 holes in their ballots: 20 for candidates five for stitutional bulwark against the possible federal encroachment into the right of Idaho citizens to keep and bear arms It states "Shall proposed amendments to the Idaho Constitution and one for a tax limitation initiative petition Polls will he open for 12 hours Tuesday from I am to I pm Unless they have already made up their minds Franklin County voters will have to spend a little extra time in the votini booth reading through the five proposed coositutional amendments and the tax limitation Section II Article I of the Constitution of the State of Idaho be amended to protect the right to keep and bear arms and to prevent the confiscation licensure registration or special taxation of firearms or initiative The tax limitation initiative petition is patterned loosley after California's Proposition 13 The initiative appears on the ballot after the lastnandidate for office the initiative petition Briefly seeks to restrict the ability of governmental units in Idaho to change property values or taxes by fixing toe maximum amount of tax at 1 percent of market value ininitiative The "The states assessor's values for real property are to be determined by the actual use construction costs and sale price Market values may be increased not more than 2 percent a or decreased if the consumer Car lowers'' The petition provides units that governmental may change taxes to in increase revenue by a twoHhirds vote of the state legislature Ob talas voters will find five amendconstitutional proposed ments following the tax limitation initiative on the ballot The amendments deal with the right to keep and bear arms the ability of port districts to issue revenue bonds the reduction in the number of votes needed for political subdivisions of the state to issue revenue bonds for airport and air navigation facilities the power of the Idaho Health Facilities Authority to provide loans for religiously affiliated health facilities in the same manner as the HFA now approves such loans for Idaho institutions other private and the power of the Idaho Legislature to pass criminal laws non-prof- it containing provisions for minimum sentences which cannot be reduced unless commuted by the state Board of Pardons control amendment The anti-gu- n is me of several similar amendments appearing on November election ballots throughout the nation The amendment if passed would provide aa additional con ammunition?" In the contests directly involving Franklin - County candidates Republican RobertM Hull SI faces Democrat John G King SI fertile District 1 seat on the Franklin County Commission Hull is the incumbent For the District 2 commission seat incumbent Republican Commissioner Dean L Abrams 41 is opposed by Democrat Allen W A awaits election day Lyon si Michael D Kunz 33 a Democrat is unopposed in his bid for to the position of clerk of the Twenty-nin- e elective offices will be decided at the polls Tuesday by voters in Cache County The positions run the gamut from US congressman to Avon Cemetery commissioner Not all Cache County residents will vote in all the election races however Only 14 of the election races concern all voters within the county The rest will be decided by voters wRhia Hving specific districts For instance only those registered voters living within the boundaries of Utah House District 40 will vote to determine the winner of district court Maurine E Ainscough 41 is seeking election as Franklin County treasurer a position to which she was appointed in June She is opposed by Democrat Linda S Call 33 The only other Franklin County race featuring two candidates for one position is for the county assessor post Dan Keller 24 the candidate for the Republican assessor position is opposed by Democrat Clair J Johnson 21 Unopposed in their bids for to the same posts are Franklin County Coroner Douglas S Webb 40 a Republican County D J Prosecuting Attorney Williams N a Democrat and Sixth Judicial District Magistrate Ana P Davis in the position that Un IMt In II of the elective races in Cache County only one candidate is seeking the position Voters in these races will have the choices of simply voting for the single candidate leaving that part of the ballot blank or of writing in a candidate An exception to this is in the election of judges where the voter can indicate - yes or no to the question: Shall the judge be retained in office? Should a majority vote no Utah's governor would appoint a new judge Of the Cache County races in which all residents are voting the one sparking the most campaign activity has been the race for cache County Sheriff Listed on the ballot for the office are D Douglas Bodrero 21 Republican and Lemuel R Earl 31 Democrat However in recent days a write-i- n campaign has started up seeking to return incumbent Darius W Carter 31 to the sheriff's office Carter lost in the Republican primary to Bodrero his former deputy Two Cache County Commission seats will be filled for the election term on the Seeking a four-yecommission are Don Drage 37 non-partis- Franklin County voters will also select Tuesday a US senator and congressman governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state auditor state treasurer attorney general superintendent of public instruction state senator and two state representatives The candidates for secretary of state state auditor and state treasurer are all unopposed incumbents andor Photographs biographical information on all Idaho candidates who will appear on the Franklin County general election ballot can be found beginning on page S of this Voters Guide supplement l i ar 6 Democrat and Dean R Smith Republican They are vying for the now held for M Ted Karren epublican who chose not to seek Incumbent commissioner T Ray 70 Republican is running comto a two-yemission seat His opponent is Democrat Richard Watkins 42 Theurer for ar JU Republican Evan L Olsen 40 and American Party hopeful Leon H Savage 43 are vyinn for the House seat Incumbent Todd Weston Republican decided to not seek partisan The remaining races in which all Cache County voters have a voice are in the election of three judges school Four local board posts two each in the Cache County and Liman school districts are open in the election In Logan F Neal Mortenson 42 Is Maleom incumbent challenging Allred 31 for the Precinct 5 post which takes in Logan voting districts 12 13 1421 and 22 Gordon W Haws 38 and Fart E Miller 38 are vying for (be Logan Precinct 1 school board seat being left vacant for incumbent Maria Ellsworth Precinct 1 covers Logan VeNoy The remainder of elective Cache County positions have only one candidate in most cases the incumbent Candidates for these offices are: Seth S" Allen 32 Republican as county clerk seeking Robert F McCann M Republican as county seeking auditor: Lynn Balls SI Republican seeking a return as county assessor 32 and Lucile L Ferguson for Republican running to the post of county treasurer Seeking election to a county office for the first time are Michael L Gleed 30 Republican who is seeking election as county recorder a post he has held by appointment for a year and FL "Lanny" Gunnell 40 Republican seeking election as county attorney The county attorney's office was left open when Burton Harris decided not to seek All of Cache County’s registered voters will also cast ballots in the raee for the District 1 US House of Representatives seaL 33 Incumbent Gunn McKay Democrat is seeking reflection Opposing him in the race are Jed J Richardson 54 Provo Republican: Robert T Owens Logan 41 American Party member and Dennis A DeBoer 33 West Bountiful Independent A Utah State School Board member will be elected to represent Christoffersen S3 is seeking reflection as the 1st District judge for northern Utah Also up tit reflection are Gordon R Hall 31 Salt Lake City and D Frank Wilkins 34 Salt Lake City who are both seeking a return to the Utah Supreme Court Residents living within the voting districts south of logan will vote to elect a Utah senator in Senate District 24 which also includes Box Elder County Incumbent Miles Y 41 Republican “Cap" Ferry Corinne that seat is running unopposed for three Utah House of Representatives positions lying within Cache County are open in the All election In House District 31 comprising Logan voting districts I through 24 except 17 candidates are incumbent 40 Norman 0 Wahlstrom A Thatcher and Republican Ray 72 American Party Incumbent Keith E Jorgensen 44 is running for Republican in House District 31 which takes in Logan voting districts 4 1 17 and ail the districts north of Logan Opposing him on the ballot is Mark A Kenning 27 American Party who had withdrawn from the race but then announced Wednesday that he was again a candidate In House District M comprising Logan districts 1 2 3 3 7 and I plus all voting districts south of Logan M Democrat Allen Duuglas V t District 4 which comprises all of Cache County and several neighCandidates are boring counties incumbent Jesse Anderson 17 Ogden and Sam H Gordon II Brigham City This race is non- on non-partis- districts 2 Cache 1 7 1 and M County School Board president Lyle R Cooley SI is running unopposed for ref lection to the Ciche Precinct 3 board seat The precinct covers the voting districts of Ciarkston COraish Cove Lewiston 1 and 2 Newton Richmond land 2 and Trenton In Cache Precinct 4 school board incumbent Reed R Durtschi 32 is being challenged by Charles L Hyde 31 Precinct 4 comprises the Benson Hyde Park North Logan 1 and 2 and River Heights voting districts the election are for cemetery commissioner in various cemetery districts The candidates all unopposed Ire: Jess Cook Avon Cemetery commissioner Grant Simmonds Cornish Cemetery: aul B Larsen Hyde Park Cemetery Ellis Anderson Harlow Millville-Nible- y Cemetery R Griffin Newton Cemetery Oliver Smith Paradise Cemetery and J Doris Eskelson Richmond Cemetery |