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Show Party Declaration Laws Will Affect Voters in Sept. Primary Election Citizens of Utah have been confused by new laws adopted by the legislature necessitating voters to declare their political party in the Primary Election slated for Sept. 13. With one registration date already al-ready past and two more registration regis-tration dates set prior to the primary pri-mary election a clarification for some is needed. First of all, those who are properly prop-erly registered and who voted in the last general election will not need to register. They will simply declare their political affiliation af-filiation at the Primary Election at which time they will be given the ballot for the party of their choice. At that time they will be so designated in the books of the registrar, and the voter will bo given a copy of the ballot for his declared party only. A person who does not wish to declare his party or who is independent in-dependent of his party will be allowed to vote in the primary for only non-partisan nominees for judicial or school board offices. of-fices. Voters, however, must be prop erly registered and if they are not there are two remaining days for registration prior to the primary pri-mary election. They will be Aug. 13 and 23. Following the primary election, additional registration dates will be available to the voters including in-cluding Oct. 15 and 18 and Nov. 1 and 2. The new laws regarding the declaration of party affiliation will not effect the Nov. 8 general election. The new law concerns only the primary election in which party nominations are reduced re-duced for final appearance on the November ballot. In the November election a voter will be at liberty to vote for any candidate of his choice regardless of his or the candidate's candi-date's affiliation. Once a voter has declared his affiliation, however, and he wishes in subsequent years to change his designation in the primary elections the voter will have to go to his registration agent or the county clerk's office prior to the primary election to change his party designation. |