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Show Cities Must Pass NewElection New NewElection Election Ordinances Ordmances OrdinancesWith With municipal elections loom ng ngthis ngthis this fall , , . and natmally natwaIIy natucally with can candidates candidates dldates didates casting castmg a lingering IIngHlng eye on onsome onsonic onsome some sonic coveted office there Is to bea be bea a complicated compllcated mess to meet theprospective the thepro.pectlve thepro.pective pro.pectlve propectlve pro.pective propective . . candidate Due to the thefact thefact thefact fact that the election laws of Utah Utahas Utahas Utahas as amended by the recent legl legisla legislatune legisiatuie la latUle tUle tune made provisions tor for elections electionsIn in in cities cltles of the third class five fivemethods fivemethods fivemethods methods have been providedhere provided \\here here sshere sshereby \ whereby hereby by cities may make nominations nominationsand nominationsand nominationsand and Joseph Chez Che7 state attornt'y attornty atturncy attornt'ygeneral atturncygeneral attorneygeneral ' general has advised each cityplannmg cIty cItyplannmg cityplanning plannmg planning an election electaon to frame Itsown Its itsown 0\\11 0 11 own \ election laws lasvs Simplicity Slmphclty the theattorney theattorney theattorney attorney general advises Is for fortowns fortowns fortowns towns and cities of the third class classto classto to provide city elty ordinances orcl1nances as a ameans ameans ameans means of opening the . way y.ay yay ay for forcandIdates forcandidates forcandidates candIdates to enter their names on onrespective onrespective onrespective respective ticketsThe ticketsThe tickets ticketsThe The opinion opmlon opmlonHltten written \Hltten Hltten ssritten \ recently by byMr byMr byMr Mr Chez Chezas was \\as as icas \ in answer ans\\er ans er ansicer \ to a queryby query queryby queryby by a Salt Lake publishing pubIlshlng cornpan com corn compan cornpans pan pans ; which prepares election formsfor forms formsfor formsfor for many municipalities munlclpaIltles in UtahUnder UtahUnder Utah UtahUnder Under the 1939 lait law la\\ la laso \ it is plovlded piovided plovldedthat piovidedthat piovidedthat that nominations nommatlons may be made m in ma ina ina a manner prescribed by ordmance ordinance ordmancethlOugn ordinancethsougli ordinancethiough thlOugn thsougli the direct 11lrect primary pnmary law a aconvention aconvention aconvention convention of delegates or voters votersa a committee duly appointed by a aconventIOn aconvention convention or b bi } a certlfcate certifcate certlfcateby certifcatesigned certlfcatesigned ' signed by not less than 25 legalvoters legalvotersIn legal legalvoters legalvoters voters votersIn In case a city or to\n to n to on \ \ n doe cloesn doesncpass n t c tpass cpass pass an ordinance ordmance providing provldmg that It Itbe itbe Itbe be done In only one of these five fiveways fiveways fiveways ways one group may proceed to tonommate tonominate tonominate nommate nominate a ticket under the direct directprimary directprimary directprimary primary law another by the con conventaon convention convention ventaon vention method anotnei anothe1 anothei by the thecommittee thecommittee thecommittee committee method and ctill ' ; till tllI an another another another other by the certificate method methodIt methodIf It If this should happen MrChez 1fr Mr 1frChez MrChez Chez said It will be readily seenthat seen seenthat seenthat that a great deal of contusion confusion "III III soul "IIIarl soularise " willarise arl arise e and It if they } : proceed roceed under underthe underthe underthe the direct primary pnmary act a great deal dealof dealof dealof of expense will w1l1 be incurred inwrred It If the theordmances theordinances theordinances ordmances ordinances are passed prescribmg prescribing prescribingthe prescribmgthe the manner of making makmg nomina nominalons nominations nomlnations lons tions ! then in my opinion all allnominations allnominations allnominations nominations mu must t be made in ac accordance accordance accordance cordance with south \ Ith the ordmance ordll1ance ordinance ordmanceThe ordll1anceThe ordinanceThe The 1937 legislature in passingthe passing passingthe passingthe the direct primary pnmary law which is istoo istoo Istoo too expenshe expensh expensise e foi use In smaIler smaller smaIlercities smallercities smallercities cities and towns repealed reealed } : all aU old oldelection oldelection oldelection election lawshlch laws \ which \\hlch hlch sohich eXI existed ted up to tothat tothat tothat that time and failed to provide a alaw alaw alaw law to govern elections In them themThe themThe themThe The 1939 legislature amended the thelaw thelaw thelaw law to take care of this making makingIt It possible for cities of the third thirdclass thirdclass thirdclass class and towns to nominate theirtickets their theirtickets theirtickets tickets in the five above mentionedways mentioned mentionedays mentionedsoays \\ays ays soays \ Now It 4sup is 4s up to each Indl mdi IndlVIdual mdividual indlvidual VIdual city or town to\\11 to 11 \ to pass an anordinance anordinance anordinance ordinance setting fOl foith th the method methodby methodby methodby by which it will MIl nominate tickets ticketsfor ticketsfor ticketsfor for city elections |