Show Page 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday November 9 2000 2000 i Republicans maintain election grip on Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As expected Republicans dominated elections in Utah with George W Bush grabbing 667 percent of the vote Gov Mike Leavitt winning tion with 56 percent and Sen Orrin Hatch cruising to a fifth term with of the c- two-thir- Wasatch County voters new form of government v i - ds vote : Republicans also maintained power in the Utah Legislature They gained two Senate seats while losing three in the House Still they control the House 4 and Senate 20--9 over Defaocrats 51-2- State government turned even more Republican with the election of Mark Shurtleff as attorney general Shurtleff Demowill replace a two-ter- m crat Jan Graham whose deputy Reed Richards ran unsuccessfully for the state’s top legal post ' Leavitt stayed up until 3:40 am Wednesday watching the still undecided presidential race between Bush and Vice President A1 Gore Leavitt got a few hours of sleep certain only of his own election Over Democrat Bill Orton: “The thing about winning is you look forward to waking lip’’ ' He jotted down priorities for a third' term as governor on a AP photo Montana Governor-eleJudy Martz hugs Morgan Elizabeth Sliter of Somers Mont during her IorY celebration at the War Bonnet Inn in Butte Mont on Tuesday- The Republican Lt Governor defeated Democrat Mark O'Keefe to become Montana's first woman governor ct IVIUI liai la nnwornnr yuvCIIIUI kl yellow- legal pad High on the - list: resolving a dispute with the federal government to keep Property seizure battle still on SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The people charged with enforcing Utah's laws say they will comply with the new law enacted by voters to restrict property seizures — if they can’t get the Legislature to ' change it Voters passed Initiative B by a 3 margin Tuesday “That's a huge number I'm thrilled'' said attorney Janet Jenson of Utahns for Property Protection the group that put the initiative on the ballot “I didn’t think you could get 70 ' percent: of people to agree on "1 thought the issue was - 7-- : pretty simple and I think peo- their fight to recover the property Proceeds of seized prop- ple understand that they erty sales will go into the deserye to have their property protected” said Jenson Under the new law which' takes effect March 31 forfeiture laws will be rewritten to increase protections for' third- -' party individuals whose property allegedly is used in committing a crime and then seized by police All seized property will be turned over to the state trea- -' surer's office and property owners will get vanilla' ice cream state-pai- Uniform School Fund instead of to agen- cies Police and prosecutors Rom across the state organized the Coalition to Stop Drug Dealer' See BATTLE on Page 10 CfRGlliJSH Sales St Service 106 E 1120 N Suite C open as many as 5000 dirt roads in Utah on fedoal land Leavitt was confident of being able to resolving the debate with a roads-and-wildern- ' Bush administration But Leavitt disagrees with attorneys to represent them in Sening orther Utah snx 1976 In brief turnout was 685 percent three-perso- county seven-memb- er coun- cil The 2443 to 1886 vote Tuesday means Wasatch County will join Cache “Iwasn't lurpriscd were tired Quinn for Representative Government which sponsored die initiative Still to be decided is ' Mor-ga- n whether the new council will be elected in1 seven-memb- when current commissiooersn ment of his own voters on the seize property involved in proposition that passed with 67 percent sup- crimes was restricted And the English-onl- y state will deposit half of the $986 millipn it is due to receive over 25 years from the tobacco settlement into a trust port “I voted against it" he said “But I'll enforce it’’ How? Leavitt isn't certain The language mandate could require at least some government forms to be printed only in English But Leavitt said lie would try to minimize the law's impact “I suspect there will be very little change’’ Olene Walker Leavitt's lieutenant governor fond Hatch 66 easily beat off a challenge from Democrat Scott Howell who abandoned a Utah Senate seat that Democrats lost too The outcome assured Hatch another six years in office Utah’s only major Democratic victory was Jim Matheson’s election to the 2nd congress said Wednesday In other ballot propositions voters in Salt Lake Davis and sional district over Derek Smith Smith had upset Rep in a Republican primary Weber counties approved a commuter tax for more bus and rail service and fluoridated water in Salt Lake and Davis counties Across' the state the powers of police to Merrill Cook “Fr Republican 1 the Lab to You “Express your sympathy beautiful fywiA flayers ” BiMbaUUln' to y it (208) lUau'i Bulk — hr tl OTF sandwich over $1 Xa&aii’s HARRIS DENTURE DESIGN 1 fl -- A La u) 3 752-38)- Jim Reps Save a Buck lk hM1! Sack In (435) ah Hansen and Chris Cannon held on to Utah’s other two seats in the House of Representatives ' 1 NoDENTSTVBtTS REQURED” ’C£: 848-221- 1 m 1400 North' 1SS Lorn Show How Thoughtful You Are SALT LAKE CITY(AP) — Tuesday’s election 767972 Utah voters drew accord-in- g to unofficial vote tallies with the state elections office ' ' State Election Specialist Rian Williams said Wednesday that about 68S percent of the state’s registered voters cast ballots Tuesday compared to the 65 7 percent turnout in ) 1996 The 1992 election drew 80 percent of registered voters SL ‘County has it a new mayor V SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nancy Workman is the first Salt Lake County mayor narrowly beating Democrat Karen Crompton in a race in which the pair was rarely separated by more than one percentage ' point in polls Workman won with 52 per- -' Cent of the vote compared to 48 percent for Crompton ' In November 1998 Salt Lake County residents voted to' dissolve the County Commis- -' -' sion in favor of a ’ss zs Washington Purchase proceeds go toward the monument" Online voting OGDEN (AP) -- -in Weber a Lawn Kit includes: V United States flag 3x5 9 aluminum mounting pole ' pilot County participated project that allowed some mili- - " tary personnel to cast absentee ballots via the Internet Theproject is part of the' ' pilot program in conjunction Assiswith the Federal Wiling a ' tance Program Linda Lunceford Weber County clerkauditor said her office received 14 electronicmilitary applications for absentee ballots and processed the! same number of electronic bal- - lots “The program went smoothly and ran without 'a glitch” die said : $2000 f : :ys - : ' asseniblv instructions ' Voting Over the Internet (VOI) ' DC Fly the flag with pride ' ! makes debut tern (Mb WWIIIn Memorial cil form' of government Workman' and the county Jan-- & ' help build mayor-cpuii-- council will take office in uary "Vi: If £? 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