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Show 'f would be jeopar- Registration Law Effect You? Because the party regis- ters have questions as to how the new system will work. The law is section 20- Utah Code Annotated. When an elector enters the polls to vote at a primary election the election officers shall hand him a ballot containing the names of candidates of the party for which he is 3-- registrered, and none other, provided that at the primary election in 1966, said election officers shall ask each reg- istered elector which primary ballot he desired to vote and shall then deliver him such ballot, and none other, and shall then record on the official register his party affiliation. The elector shall then vote according to law. The new law requires who wish to participate in the party primaries September 13th to designate their party preference was enacted to insure the political parties that only voters sincere in their desire to assist in the nomination of party candidates to appear on the November 8th ballot would be permitted to participate in the party pri- maries. Jacob Weller, County Clerk, said he had received many calls complaining about the new law. Among the questions asked are: Q. If I voted in the last general election, must I reregister and give my party affiliation to qualify for a vote in the primary? A. No. When you go to the polls September 13, you will be given a party designation in accord with the ballot you ask for. If I choose to vote In Q. the Democratic primary this year, but in 1968 I want to vote in the Republican primary will the new law permit me to do so? A. Yes. But you will have to go to your Registration A gent or the County Clerks office prior to the 1968 primary to change your party designation. If I am an independent Q. or do not wish to divulge or have anyone know which party I prefer or am a member of, will I be allowed to vote? A. No, not for the party nominations. You will be permitted, however, to vote in the primary for non partisan nominations for judicial or state school board officers without being listed as a Republican or Cemocrat. Q. How does the new law effect the voting in the final election In November? It has no effect at all. A. You will be given the same ballot whether you are registered as independents, Republicans or Democrats. You will be voting a secret ballot on rP factor in its interpretation and How Does the Hew Party tration law is new, many vo- 'liiy'rT which all of the candidates will appear. You will be free to vote straight Democratic or straight Republican if you wish, or you may vote scratched ballot, voting as you desire for the individual candidates regardless of the political emblem they In the may be listed under. November election, you may even wish to vote for a majority of the candidates appearing on the ticket opposite from that the primary. you voted in of both Representatives reason the advised parties for the law is for each party to nominate candidates for the general election. Under the new law it will be impossible for voters to cross party lines in the primary and vote for a week candidate to oppose a strong candidate of their party. Should Ve Change Our Constitution? application, dized if the Constitution itself were extensively changed. - That modern lobbying techniques are so powerful and effective that they could make objective consideration of consti-tionissues virtually impossible. -- That basic constitutional values do not become obsolete with time, and that genuinely obsolete material in the Utah Constitution can be eliminated and necessary changes can best be made through the normal amendment process. On the other hand,. proponents of the Convention call also present a number of specific argunents in support of their position, among which are: -- That the existing Constitution represents an effort 1895 of the convention to write something acceptable to Congress after seven previous attempts to gain statehood had been rejected, rather than a dedicated effort to write the best possible document to meet the specific needs of the state. -- That so many changes are needed that only a complete rewriting of the Utah Constitution can provide coherence and seventy years of cessful experience justify tinuing confidence in Utahs succon- THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS Page 9 ATTENTION DEMOCRATICS We Ask Your Support For HARWARD DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE unity. That Utah State Government must be materially strengthened if it is to hold its place in the fact of increasingly powerful Federal Government. If a constitutional convention should be called, it would be the first such convention in Utah since statehood. Forty eight amendments to the existing Constitution have been adopted over the years, more than half of the eighty four that have been approved by the Legislature for decision by the voters. State Constitution , or has the document become obsolete and in need of extensive revision? This question, now being widely debated in Utah, is analyzed in a Utah Foundation research report released Wednesday. The question of calling a constitutional convention to consider rewriting the states basic legal document will be placed Utah is one of twenty-on- e before Utah voters at the Novwhich have their original states ember general election, along still in force. constitutions with seven proposals for indivi182 year old Massachusetts Condual amendments to the the oldest orConstitution is amendstitution. Individual document still operative. ments to the Constituition. iginal Individual amendments can be Alaska and Hawaii have had just enacted by a majority of those seven years of statehood exwith their Conbut perience voting on the question, stitutions. cona of constitutional approval Foundation analysts found an vention would require a majorrelation between the ity of those voting in the apparent of state constitutions and length election. their stability. States with short Proponents of the calling of tend to have less constitutions a convention base a large part frequent changes, both In the of their argument on the conmatter of individual amendment tention that the present conand that of general reqriting. stitution contains much maConstitution with apUtahs terial that is obsolete or that is 17,600 words is proximately detail more properly suited to the national than shorter to constitutional statutory than of state (25,000 words) average found. law, Foundation analysts constitutions. Longest state Opponents of the convention, on with constitution is Louisianas the other hand, point to the recVershortest is 236,000 words, of ord of nearly the Founcentury of successful operation monts with 4, 840, and assert that while the burden dation reports. of prooof lies on those who propose change, no substantial case for major rewriting has been made. Other specific argThen and Now is the uments against the calling of annual fall fashion theme the of a convention include the folshow presented by the Newlowing: comers Club of Salt Lake. -- That the entire body of case Mrs. Richard Guy is Chairman, law which has been built up Mrs. Jim Johnson her Conaround the existing The date is Septstitution, which is a major ember 13, at 12:30 p.m. inthe Prudential Building, 33rd South and State. Members of Salt Lakes Antique Car Club Mrs. Joe Whyte, Mrs. Richard L. Anderson, Mrs. Andy Harrison and Mrs. Merril Maxfield will model their fashions ofby-gon- e three-quarte- 1966 1, 1 al -- Does Thursday, September REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 25 QUALIFICATIONS: Working on degree at the University of Utah in political science and sociology. 1, 2. Six years as a county deputy sheriff. Active in civic and governmental affairs for nine years in Kearns, including Recreation Foundation, Community Development and Kearns Jaycees. 3. 4. Deeply interested in promoting youth development pro- grams. He believes you are entitled to know about legislative matters when they are being discussed. 5. Paid Political Adv. by Harward Committee. The "Extra Mile" Candidate rs Newcomers years. Their counterparts Newcomer Members ALL the way with CARL J. -- - will show the corresponding fashions of today, furnished by Continental Fashions of Sugar-hous- e. Mrs. Dan Ungar will commentate. Modeling will be Mrs. Fred Risebeck, Mrs. Walton Booker, Mrs. Chas. Dahl, Mrs. Calvin Bugbee, Mrs. Richard Denman, Mrs. L.J. Stewart, Mrs. Albert Gronau, Mrs. Darrell Gardner, Mrs. Nathan Nichols and Mrs. James Holdrege. Mrs. Robert Wakefield is Decorations Chairman, assisted by Mrs. Chas. Nohavee. Name tag chairman is Mrs. Robert Stiles. her Among committee is Mrs. John Brooks, Mrs. Donald Duncan, Mrs. Ralph Williams and Mrs. Nyle Fox. The programs will be designed by Mrs. Jim McDonough and Mrs. Frank is In charge of Hew-wo- Forty years ago it took only horsepower to keep a plane in the air. Today it takes 250 horsepower to carry a female to the store. 100 115-pou- CARL KinmniLcm FOR County Attorney EFFICIENCY THROUGH CAPABILITY PROGRESS THROUGH EXPERIENCE od VIGOR THROUGH DEDICATION President, Salt Lake County Young Democrats; Member Democratic State and County Committees; Graduate University of Utah (Criminology) and Law; Former Assistant Attorney General, Former Public Defender and Former Salt Lake City Police Officer. Paid Political Adv, SEAGRAM DISTILLERS COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. BUNDED WHISKEY. 86 PROOF. 6&Ve CRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS. J. Nemelka Committee |