Show I Denis t i i Wr 1 a 1 Voting 1 FARMINGTON FAR S Special p pee e c i a 1 I There will be no office of county i auditor nor are the 26 write-in write votes otC received by Keith M. M Holbrook Hoi Hoi- HOI I brook during the recent primary election valid according to county commissioners and Keith L. L Stahle Stable I Davis county attorney I County commissioners conferred with Mr 1 Stahle Stable on the validity of I Ithe the votes Mr Stable Stahle consulted a a. 1916 1946 Utah supreme court ruling on write-in write votes and found that the court denied the validity of such votes otes Main tain purpose of a primary election is to allow the voters sufficient sufficient sufficient suf suf- time to scrutinize their I candidates for office before selecting selecting select elect electing ing them A write-in write vote ote at that I time would circumvent such precautions precautions precautions pre pre- cautions taken by the lawmakers and allow a candidate to escape cape scrutiny of the voters he ex ex- ex- ex Both Mr Holbrook and his attorney attorney at at- torney have been invited by the county commissioners to meet with them at the next regular meeting Oct Ocl 2 2 |