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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH/INTERMOUNTAIN Saturday, December 5, 1998 Primary Date dates. The ideais to put Western issues on the front burner of na- tionalpolitics. Wouldn’t Work For Jews, Others Varela said the Sabbath issue was considered at the November meeting, but state leaders figured they could address the problem by keeping the polls open until 8 @ Continued from A-1 p.m. That would give Sabbath ob- Servers atleast an hour in the eve- ed by people seekingreligiousliberty and respect for their per- Governors Balk at Advance Notice Before Nuke Shipments spective on worship,”’ said Barbara Bergen, region director for the Anti-Defamation League in San Francisco. “It’s one place where one would expect that without question, there would be equalrespect for other groups THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Western governors onFridayrejected a proposed agreementtohave the federal government provide states with more information about nuclear-weapons shipments. Several governors said the proposal wouldneedlessly worry the public be- The U.’s Greenwood noted the cause the moves aresafe. “It could put a Jewish candi- primary to include several days. ning to vote because theholy period officially ends at sundown. Saturday problem extends beyondvoters to Jewish candidates ing by absentee ballot or voting before the day of the primary concerns from the Jewish commu- date in a bad position,” he said ‘[Voters] might feel that some- these shipments that [is] unwarranted, said one critic, New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, whose state hasseveral weapons-developmentinstallations. groundwater,” Johnson said during the Western Thereis also the possibility of vot- But Varela said subsequent “We are working with repre- nity make it clear a Saturday-only voting date is inappropriate. ry] states to try and comeup with “Clearly, in the last couple of bodyof a different religion ought to observetheir religion.” weeks people have suggested we The final date for the Rocky sentatives from alleight [prima- alternatives that will not create any religious conflicts for anyone,” said Varela. “It’s hard. But there are accommodations.” In November, leaders from Ari- zona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming convenedin Salt Lake and set March 11, 2000, as the datefortheir first regionwide primary. They picked the unusual voting day of Saturdayso it would land between two huge Tuesday primaries already scheduled for 2000: the New York-California elections March 7 and the Florida-Texas elections March 14. Western states want to band together to bump up their primary election date in order to get the attention of presidential candi- need to be more resourceful in Mountain primary must be approved by the member states’ re- religious conflict,” said Varela. spective legislatures. figuring out ways to resolve the Jennifer Kantor-Zeleny, a Jew- “The concern that I have is weraise hysteria with Talking about spills ‘‘creates the impression that this is green slime that is going to get into the Governors’ Association’s winter meeting The “memorandum of understanding” negotiated by the association's staff and the Department of En- ergy includes provisions about notice and response to accidents or ther incidents involving weapons carriers. Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson, the proposal’s chief proponent, asked his fellow governors to endorse provisions requiring that states be told in advance of shipments. The Energy Department had not agreed to that part of the proposal Nelson discussed a November 1996 accident in western Nebraska in which a weapons transport overturned ona slick highway, hundreds of miles away from the nearesttow truck powerful enough to right it. If state officials are notified in advance, they can provide helpful information about special conditions that might affect the weapons shipments, such as highway congestion caused by football games or state fairs, he said ish student at the U., said Leavitt has been “extremely receptive "THE MOSTLIFE LIKE TREES ON THE MARKET TODAY and sensitive to our concerns.” But others are surprised at the apparent oversight, particularly by Mormon-dominated Utah whereboth religious freedom and the Sunday Sabbath is held so sacred. 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