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Show A-9 The Park Record Wei/Thurs/Fri, July 9-11, 2008 Park City's finest, affordable teak patio collection Utah voter turnout lowest i J. to." Swensen said the county sends postcards to the home of every registered voter, listing where and when to vote and giving early voting options. Registration forms are also available in grocery stores and post offices. ,. , . x Voters can also request online to have a ballot 50 states and Campaigns were not spending a lot of always mailed to them. Washington, D.C. time motivating voters to register and get The Legislature has in The national ecent average was 47.8 0Ut tO VOte like We normally See With the rtUa years tightened ! the - registration rules, percent and the top .. ' ' - ~ " -» -= including cutting the state was Minnesota most competitive races, deadline for by-mail regwith 65.4 percent. istration from 20 days Patterson, Kelly Patterso before an election to 30 a political science - Kelly Patterson, days. Voters can register professor at BYU professor in person up to 15 days Brigham Young ^^^m before the election, but University, said ^mm^^^^ have to go to the county 2006 wasn't a very clerk's office to do so. competitive year in the three was the third-lowest, more than Swensen said she would like congressional districts and the 10 percent below the national U.S. Senate race. average of 67.6 percent, despite to see Utah allow voters to regis"Campaigns were not spend- efforts to simplify the registering ter at the polls on Election Day with proof of residency, a pracing a lot of time motivating vot- process. ers to register and get out to vote "If people haven't voted, it's tice that is allowed in other like we normally see with the not because they do not know states. tl most competitive races," how," said Salt Lake County A lot of people just don't Patterson said. Clerk Shcrrie Swensen. "It's think about elections 30 days in Utah also has a lot of young because they have chosen not advance," she said. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - \oter turnout in Utah two years ^ o was the lowest in the country. According to a U.S. Census jtudy, only 36.7 of Utah's eligible /oters who were surveyed said they voted in the 2006 general election. Utah was No. 51 on the list, which included a!l ,._ Dining sets, benches, loungers, rockers, Adirondacks, ston? statues, fountains and more... voters, a demographic that tends to make it to the polls less often, Patterson said. The study also said Utah was near the bottom of the list when it comes to voter registration. Utah's registration rate of 56.8 Unique pieces from around the globe for every room in the housel 10-6 Monday-Saturday, 12-5 Sunday 435.649.6489 kayafurniture. com N. 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"That came as quite a shock to the maintenance." in September. The Davis-to-Salt Bountiful City Administrator Lake County route will be lined us, because that position - to ask Wendell Wild call the UDOT plan the cities to maintain the trails with a natural walkway, asphalt path and trail for horseback rid- was totally opposite of what was a "mandated, unfunded project." Initial estimates place the distinctly said in the beginning ers. ongoing maintenance costs at The Utah Department of phases of the Legacy Parkway between $50,000 and $80,000 per approval," Farmington City Transportation expects the cities of Centerville, Farmington, North Manager Max Forbush said. "We year for each city and some are Salt Lake, West Bountiful and were told that UDOT would be wondering weighing whether they Woods Cross to cover the cost of maintaining or hiring someone to must take on the task. 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