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Show Voting Tuesday To Ie Conducted On Party Basis Inquiries received indicate that many Utah voters still believe they can vote for both Republican and Democratic candidates in the Sep-l.eir.ber Sep-l.eir.ber 3 primary, county clerk, C. A. Grant, declares. Actually, Mr. Grant informs, a voter can legally vote on either the Republican or Democratic ballot, but not on both. For example, a Republican who wants to support a Democratic friend In the primary can vote for that friend, but he will then be unable un-able to vote for any of the G. O. P. candidates. Briefly, the Utah primary operates oper-ates in this manner: When the voter enters the polling place he is given a ballot carrying the names of all Democratic and Republican candidates who are Involved in a primary contest. The ballot is perforated per-forated between the Democratic and Republican lists. It is also perforated perfor-ated on the outer edges so that no one will be able to tell which side of the ballot has been used. The voter takes the ballot, tears It down the center, retains either the Democratic or Republican list which he marks, and deposits the other half In a waste ballot box. The marked half is deposited in the official ballot box. Thus the voter, regardless of party affiliation, is allowed to vote for the candidates of one party only In the primary. The same thing is true of the run-off on October 1. There are, however, no legal restrictions re-strictions prohibiting Democrats from voting on the Republican side or vice versa. |