Show Primary Election Results Ignorance Mark Results For the information of a few a primary election was held in Salt Lake City on for the purpose of selecting candidates for the office of commissioner and to be placed on the final ballot for the general election next From all outward appearances the election proceeded as Few people were taking advantage of the right well as to exercise their In the evening of thai day fewer persons expressed themselves than in the morning there were just a There arc approximately registered voters in the city of Salt The turnout ivas nearly as high as the sum of some persons expressing their of The predicted turnout was about about one-fourth of the registered The estimate was quite In one district the staggering amount of two percent of the voters turned Many of the ballots turned in by voters were not There seem to be a number of us who cannot follow the printed It was Mark selection for two candidates for commissioner and one for Some confused persons marked four choices for commissioner and two for These ballots were Others were discarded because they were In one magnificent the ballots discarded reached a proportion of ten per cent of the ballots Most districts were a little some of them down lost ballots to as few as one per Perhaps the department of political science could offer a quick course in the fundamentals of voting Tests would be graded in the basis of ballot marking knowledge and time and place of registration and Information could also be given about the importance of local It might be ably stressed that the city government is the agent which performs all of the menial tasks in keeping our streets in reasonable lighting those streets to protect the pedestrian and home and keeping them open in the snow The city is also the agent which has the police force to protect its citizens from any existing crime The city sets standards of purity and cleanliness for food and for distributors of Large fire departments are maintained for the protection of our The major portion of your is spent here in this city on projects which affect each of us as individuals and all of us as a Perhaps a few reminders such as these might serve to instigate at least one or two of the populace to amble courageously down to the polls to cast his or her it is not too late to The general election will be held next right here in Salt Lake All voters registered for the 1948 election are eligible to If you were not registered at that the proper action was to register during the period 11 to If the slightest bit of curiosity is aroused in you to ascertain the consult your If that procedure might wove then read Here is a list of the C. L. Joe L. William W. Home and Ben E. Lingen-felter are aspirants to the office of city commissioner for four year Jerrold P. and Louis E. Holley are candidates for the office of The polls are open for your selection of candidates for 12 hours on as this edition goes to this gloomy servant dares not dream of a turnout which might approach the one-third figure lest he be smote with the lash of disdainful Boyd M. |