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Show lst;CoE2iity pests at stake jjii Tuesday's election Sit : 1 For some Republican candidates k Primary election will actually lid as the General Election as they 111 ! ZL no Democratic opponents. The i.l I !Lrv will eliminate their only 'I Sir in theirown party. Sample ballots for the Pleasant jpve primary election are now ivailable. if a persual of the Pleasant Grove ballot shows no Democratic Party candidates in the primary election at "J $ There will be one non-partisan contest for the state school board. He sample ballot for Lindon shows tie same thing except that Lindon also needs to elect an Alpine School District Board Member for Precinct 31 No. 2. In fact, the only Republican can-I can-I didate in the Pleasant Grove primary 1 ho will have an announced Democratic opponent in the General Election in November will be the , tinner of the Ray Beckham.-Howard Nielson race in the third congressional district. The names of the other Republican candidates will also appear on the November ballot with space allowed for write in candidates. Not included on the primary ballot are races where only one Republican and one Democrat and or other party candidates are presently entered which do not require the primary runoff. run-off. ' Pleasant Grove and Lindon voters will have to choose from Gary J. Anderson and Michael G. Sullivan for two year county commissioner, John McGinn and Ronald McKay Smith for county assessor and Jay Fitt and Noall T. Wooton for county attorney in the primary. Candidates listed for the State Board of Education are Helen R. Bateman, Margaret R. Nelson, Russell N. Stansfield, Glen R. Brown, J. Lloyd Eldredge and Walter Cryer. In Lindon, the Alpine School District Board member candidates are Scott W. Carter, Bonnie St. John, Leon R. Walker, and Nancy Williamson. The state legislative districts were realigned this year so not all ballots within the Pleasant Grove Precinct will be identical. A portion of southeast Pleasant Grove bounded by the south side of 200 South from the eastern city limit to Loader Drive, the east side of Loader Drive to Orchard Drive, the south side of Orchard Drive to Locust Ave. and south to the city limits is included in a district which includes Lindon and North Orem. The rest of Pleasant Grove will be in the same legislative district it was before. A heavy turnout of Democratic voters at the primary election could weigh greatly on the outcome of the general election in November. Since no Democratic candidates are on the primary ballot in Pleasant Grove, voting Democrats could tip the scales in favor of a candidate who might be more easily beat by a Democrat in the general election. |