Show THE PRIMARY ELECTION on tuesday september 3rd ard 19 1940 rutn L un will hold its second primary cl l action to determine from a long list of aspirants to offices which oms will wiil represent each party at tte the national election on november I 1 ali ti many persons are brunni runni running ng for the places to be tilled filled on the gen cil cial election ballot for one ticket or cr the other unless one person irom from each party for each office gets a majority of the votes cast at the primary election a runoff run off primary will have to be held on octo I 1 er ee to finally choose the bartys nominee the primary election law was passed by the legislature in 1937 and first used in utah in the general election of 1938 it was passed lor for the purpose of giving the people ale a greater voice in selecting the ones who govern us some slight changes have been made in the law since 1938 but the intent and pur auses of it still remains the same and if all citizens of this country would participate in the primary el cl chions it would do much to get ur its away from what is called machine politics but the figures show that the citizens of his state and nation still hov little interest in the primary and runoff run off oft elections with only about 25 percent of them using their voting franchises on these occasions I 1 lor or instance in 1938 only ballots were cast at the primary e c altion in this county while people voted at the general election less than 2 months later the fi figures tres are about the same in other counties of the state it can be seen therefore what a good active group working tor for on man can do to put him over if the rest of the people remain indifferent and stay away from the polls on election day and if we continue to let a few voters name our various party nominees the purpose or the law which is is a costly one to ad inister mn ni nister ister is defeated and all the time of holding the election is wasted besides active participation in in the hinry m try by every eligible voter is the only answer to this situation it you want a voice in your government exercise your franchise bind nd vo vole e at the primaries |