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Show Election Data For Coming Municipal find Sciiool Elections Released; Changes h Utah Laws Also Explained In order that the public may know some of the facts about the forthcoming municipal and school board elections to be held on Nov. 8, the following article has been prepared from the official' election laws for Utah. Officials in all first, second, third class cities, and incorporated towns will nominate and elect councilmen in the fall election. One school board past in most school districts will also be elected Following is the data. September 8 to October 9 All persons filing for county school board member in representative represen-tative precinct No. 3 must file with the county clerk. Chapter 16, Laws of Utah, 1953, 1st Special Session. September 17 (3rd Class Cities and Towns) The county clerk shall deliver registration supplies and official register (with names of all qualified qual-ified electors alphabetically listed) to the registeration agent. 20: 2-5-20: 2-4. Disabled persons may register by mail with the county clerk. Also, Al-so, persons who are going to be absent from the county on all the registration days may register personally per-sonally with the county clerk except ex-cept Sundays, holidays and regular regu-lar registration days; also, a 10-day 10-day period immediately preceding the election day. 20:2-7. September 24 - October 1 (1st, 2nd and 3rd Class Cities and Towns) Each political party shall file with the city recorder or town clerk a list of at least six persons from each district from which judges of election shall be appointed. ap-pointed. 20:7-10. October 7 (3rd Class Cities and Towns) Registration notices shall be posted within the district by the registration agent. October 8 or before All persons filing for county school board member in representative represen-tative Precinct No. 3 must file with the county clerk. October 10 (1st, 2nd 3rd, Class Cities and Towns) Qualified electors who are physically phy-sically disabled or who expect to be absent from their precinct and not within 20 miles of their precinct, pre-cinct, may make application with the city recorder or town clerk for a November municipal' absent-voted absent-voted ballot. 20: 6-1, 3. October 10-22 (3rd Class Cities and Towns) ' Conventions shall be held in the city or town to nominate the candidates for the November municipal mu-nicipal election. 20: 5-1, 2, 3. Certificates of nomination of candidates may be filed with the city recorder or town clerk. 20: 5-3. Objections, to nomination certificates certi-ficates shall be received within three days after filing of same. 20: 5-9. Offices to be filled by election in third class cities (population 800-15,000) for 1955 are that of three 4-year term councilmen; in towns, two 4-year term trustees are to be elected in 1955. October 6-20 1st, 2nd, 3rd Class Cities and Towns) The city commission, city council coun-cil or town board shall appoint three judges of election for each voting district. 20: 7-10. The county commissioners shall appoint election judges for election elec-tion districts in school representative representa-tive Precinct No. 2, which are not affected by a municipal election. Chapter 16, Laws of Utah, 1953, 1st Special Session. ! October 18 First registration day for 3rd class cities and towns. Office hours shall be between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. 20:' 2-25. October 21 (1st. 2nd, 3rd Class Cities and Towns) The registration agent shall fill in names of all qualified electors registered to date in the registration registra-tion list (1st and added posting). This book shall be posted within the district and shall remain posted post-ed until after the last registration day before election. 20: 2-16. October 22 (3rd Class Cities and Towns) Last day for holding conventions for nominating candidates and for filing certificates of nomination for the November municipal election. elec-tion. 20: 5-3. November 1 (1st, 2nd, 3rd Class Cities and Towns). Last registration day. Office hours shall be between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. 20: 2-25. November 8 I (1st, 2nd, 3rd Class Cities and Towns) Municipal election day. Polls shall be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 10: 6-7; 20: 1-13. November 14 Public canvass of election returns re-turns shall be made. 1953 Election Law Changes During the 1953 Session of the Utah Legislature the following changes were made in the Utah Election Laws: 1. The constable has been eliminated elim-inated from the election poll officials. of-ficials. 20: 7-10;. 20: 7-13. 2. The President and Vice-President of the United States shall have only one square to the right of their names on the ballot. 20: 7-5. 3. All registered persons moving mov-ing to another district within the same county MUST transfer their registration rather than re-register. 20: 2-20. 4. It is not necessary to list candidates' names and vote counts on the outside of election return pouches. 20: 3-29. 5. The office of City Treasurer is now an appointive office. 10: 6-3; 10: 6-7; 10: 6-30. 6. Any registered person who is physically disabled may vote an absent-voter ballot. If he is not confined in a hospital, a certificate certifi-cate signed by a duly registered and licensed physician of this state, stating that it is necessary to health of said person to be confined, must accompany the application ap-plication for absent-voter ballot. 20: 6-1; 20: 6-3; 20: 6-4; 20: 6-6. 7. Judges pay increased to $10 per day. 20: 7-10. 1954 Election Law Changes 1. Candidates for local school eleGtions are to file with the county coun-ty clerk and their names will be listed on a non-partisan ballot to be voted on the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in November. S. B. No. 8. 2. State school board elections are to be conducted and canvasses made by the county commissioners commission-ers and clerk. S. B. No. 43. 3. Local school districts to pay their cost of elections to the county. coun-ty. S. B. No. 10. 1955 Election Law Changes 1. All registered persons moving to another district in the same county MUST transfer their registration regis-tration to and including the Saturday Sat-urday prior to election day. In no event does the neglect on the part of the elector to obtain such transfer trans-fer entitle the elector to return to the voting district from which he has moved and obtain a ballot or ballots, but upon satisfaction of the judges of election that such elector has moved from the district the judges shall refuse to issue ballot or ballots to elector. 20: 2-20. |