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Show Local voters to join rest of USA in next week's general election Neighborhood voter registration registra-tion is underway as a prelude to next week's general election, when local voters will join the nation in selecting a new U.S. President. Registration agents will be open today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for individuals who have not voted since before the last presidential presi-dential election, or who have moved since the last election. Locations for voter registration were listed in last week's newspaper. newspa-per. In addition to the national election, elec-tion, local voters will be casting ballots on national and state leaders, lead-ers, local elected officials and three tax initiatives which have generated gener-ated intense interest throughout the state. The election will also be the acid test for Utah County's new voting y machines, which only got a limited work out in the primary election in September. In addition to the nine candidates candi-dates running for President in Utah, led of course by George Bush and Michael Dukakis, locals residents resi-dents will vote two other national races. Orrin G. Hatch and Brian H. Moss are the main candidates for the U.S. Senate from Utah. Howard How-ard C. Nielson and Robert W. Stringham are the principal candidates candi-dates for the House of Representatives. Representa-tives. On the state level, Utah residents resi-dents will select from five candidates candi-dates for Governor, with the race led by Ted Wilson, incumbent Norm Bangerter and independent candidate Merrill Cook. Utah voters will also be selecting select-ing an attorney general, a state auditor and a state treasurer. Also catching a great deal of attention on the state level are three tax initiatives which would combine to reduce tax revenues in : the state by $330 million. Initiative A, titled "Tax and Spending Limitations," would ' limit property taxes, limit growth in state spending and require an election to increase non-property taxes. Initiative B, titled Tax Reductions" Reduc-tions" would reduce income tax, sales tax, gasoline tax and cigarette ciga-rette tax to 1986 levels. Initiative C, titled "Income Tax Credit for Private Education," would give a property tax credit to families who send their children to private schools. All initiatives are written so a "For" vote would approve the tax cuts and an "Against" vote would defeat the tax cut measures. State voters will also be asked to vote on two propositions to change the Utah State Constitution. The first, Proposition 1, would allow courts in the state to deny bail to individuals charged with particular crimes. The second, Proposition 2, cleans up three areas ar-eas of the state constitution which have become outdated. Several local races for state office of-fice will also be decided in Tuesday's election. Republican Don LeBaron and v Democrat La Von Laursen are candidates can-didates for Representative District 58, which covers Alpine, Highland, Pleasant Grove and portions of American Fork and Lehi. For District 59, Republican John L. Valentine, Democrat Ber-dean Ber-dean H. Harman and Libertarian Kenneth T. Kartchner are listed on the ballot. In the County Commission races, Brent Morris is running unopposed. Republican Sid Sand- berg and Democrat Glen Hawkins will compete for the two-year county commission seat. J. Bruce Peacock, county auditor, audi-tor, and Leonard Ellis, county treasurer, are both running unopposed unop-posed for re-election. There are a few non-partisan races of interest to local voters. "J" Von Bennett will challenge David C. Harvey for his seat on the Alpine School District. That district dis-trict covers Pleasant Grove. Incumbent Richard B.Gappmayer is also being challenged, chal-lenged, by F. Hardy Cherry, for his post on the Alpine Board of Education. Educa-tion. Seven judges will be listed on the ballot but judges run against themselves, as voters simply mark whether or not the judge should be retained. Those judges include I. Daniel Stewart and Michael D. Zimmerman Zimmer-man for the State Supreme Court, and George E. Ballif and Ray M. Harding for Utah's Fourth District Court. Listed as judges for the Fourth Circuit Court are Joseph I. Dimick, E. Patrick McGuire and Robert J. Sumsion. |