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Show ‘PROVOST State law cites that ballot initiatives must be written “clearly, accu- | CONTINUED FROM AL rately and impartially” and that they - people just missed it,” said Titcomb, ~ the voter has to look at each page - do “not create prejudice for or before they hand the ballot in,” i he against the proposal.” During a late who received more than 20 calls added. September meeting to discuss the from people complaining they couldwording, Wren said the commissionn't find it. “We’ve had a lot of people say they had to go through the ballot three or four times to find it. It’s Just . weird. sé Out of 5,807 total ballots cast, 1,378 or 22 percent, did not vote either way on the seven-member. council. But Carr Printing Co. employees insist they were just following Titcomb’s orders when for- | . mulating the ballot. In fact, they tried to make the initiative question stand out. “ide've-the County. ers told him they were basing the ballot on a similar question posed in Commissioners. We can do it any Weber County two years ago. In that ‘way we want.” z RALPH DUKE, County Commissioner main party pias ite a third party candidate siphoning off just enough votes to act as a Nader-like Democratic candidate. -The spoiler in the county commission to run.” Cominissioner Ralph Duke told him, 7 Covington, who once talked of backing out of the race if he thought he would draw 7 too many votes away from Thacker, defend- LaRen Provost, who was re-elect- | | © race was Libertarian Mark Covington. But Thacker didn’ t resent Covington’ S spoiler role. | “Mark Covington and I feel the very same way on many issues,” said Thacker. ‘Tm not disappointed. He had every right model, which was eventually chal_ lenged in the state supreme court for bias language, the choices were list-. ed in a “yes”/ “no” order. When asking about ‘the reversal, Wren said | “we're the County Commissioners. We can do it any way we want.” spoiler to the m CONTINUED FROM A1 it ere ee by itself would make stand out. “There is a certain canna ed sticking with his commission bid. “I have. “no regrets, ” he said. “It wasn’t because I was running that [Provost] won, it was ed by a narrow margin last Tuesday, ~ “It actually surprises me that peéothe decision by saying it ple missed it,” said David Baker, who Initiative sponsor’ Bob Wren, © — “alphabetical,” according ‘to was in charge of the ballot produc- who said the election confusion my BALLOTS terme romney earner AS ~ WASATCH COUNTY COURIER . NOVEMBER 15, 2000 because more people wanted him in office.” reminds him of the events in te tion at Carr Printing. “I don’t know As with his two opponents, Covington - Florida, agreed. WATCHPAC member Vic Orvis, how they could.” did not know if he would run again for the ~ “You have a rédponsiblii: as a who suggested there was an agenda Given the gravity of the Suisse of new council. “It will depend on who else voter,” he said. “You can’t go cry government proposal, Carr, based by the commissioners to defeat the: is running,” oe said. backfired. said it about it after.” initiative, on Titcomb’s recommendation, Following the election, questions According to Orvis, “After attempts. placed the initiative question on the first page following the partisan also surfaced over the wording of the to scuttle the initiative by attempting — proposal. Instead of reading “for” to take it completely off the ballot ~ races. It. appeared, on purpose and “against,” t,” like the statewide~ during two poorly advertised com- fez according to Baker, before any of the propositions, County Commission- mission meetings, the NO before _ statewide propositions. ers decided to list it “yes” and “no.” YES positioning on the ballot, the — “If they turned to the first blue In spite of objections from the oe change of descriptive wording within — page it was right there,” he said. “Tt LAREN PROVOST ‘sors, they also arranged the a“ the ballot, the questionable location was a third of a page big.” _Wasatch County Commission — on the ballot, the excessive spending Titcomb speculated afterward the option to lead, followed by ‘ “yes” underneath. Wren charged the posito defeat the initiative by yet problem may have been an inch-andtioning of the choices was a biased unknown contributors all points to a a-half separation between the quesIn.the meantime, Covingtion said he attempt by the commissioners to less than honorable agenda. tion on the top of the page and the would continue to push for his main camdefeat the initiative. . “All of it was meant to slant it in a seven-member proposal. paign issue: developing a trail system “I think the way they did it clearly certain way,” Orvis said,. “and. it.didCarr Printing, which handled the | through Heber Valley. ballot production for a plethora of was not constitutional and clearly. n’t work. How darethey come along ~ “Fn all, 5,575 votes were cast in the comcreated prejudice — but then again I now, crying foul, saying people who counties, is a Bountiful-based compamission race. 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