Show Moss Would Change m 5 Nominating m Senator Frank E. E Moss 1 DUtah DUtah DUtah D- D Utah today told the Senate that he intended to introduce legislation in the Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress which would alter the national nominating process to coincide with that in Utah STRONG OPPOSITION has been voiced to the present system and for Cor that reason I shall propose combining the convention and the primary a method which has proved most satisfactory in Utah Senator Moss 1 said In explaining Utah's present hybrid system of oC both a nominating convention and a direct primary Senator Moss 1 said said- At our state nominating conventions the delegates reduce reduce reduce re re- re- re duce the field to two candidates candidates candidates can can- for Cor each national and state office ONCE THE TilE two candidates are chosen they run in a n general primary in which each voter decides between the two candidates listed One of the candidates has to be a majority choice Senator Moss 1 said that the pure-primary pure system had been tried in Utah but failed because all too often no candidate candidate candidate can can- received a majority of oC the first primary and subsequent subsequent subsequent sub sub- sequent printing of ballots setting up polling places paying paying paying pay pay- ing election judges and financing fi financing financing fi- fi all of the other costs of the election proved an excessive waste of public funds IT BECAME evident that the direct primary alone was not a sound system Not only were candidates being chosen by a minority but it was hard to let the people know what each candidate stood for There was no party platform platform platform plat plat- form on which a candidate could there run were just dozens and dozens of oC individual ual statements of policy and promise which no voter could possibly sort out and ber her l THE TilE SENATOR said he also felt the direct primary system system system tem lessened the importance of political parties and that political parties have a significant significant significant sig sig- place in our election process and they have helped create the fabric of oC government government government govern govern- 5 ment we now have and should E Enot not be destroyed F tG |