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GEORGE – The Utah Attorney General's Office released a secret legal opinion earlier this week stating Gov. ... release, Herbert, Hughes and Niederhauser said the legal opinion “may be of use to the legislative process as lawmakers contemplate the process of elections to fulfill congressional vacancies.”.
Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Buhman speaks about his office's investigation of the fatal shooting of Darrien Hunt by Saratoga Springs Police during a press conference at the Utah County Attorney's Office in Provo on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014. Buhman called the shooting by police justified. SPENSER HEAPS ...

Gary Herbert overstepped his power when he set the election timing and process for last year's special election rather than letting legislators weigh in and set the process. Reyes' office drafted a legal opinion about the governor's powers at lawmakers request but Herbert's office blocked the release, claiming attorney-client ...
SALT LAKE CITY – Breaking news regarding special elections in Utah emerged Tuesday, after Governor Gary Herbert waived his attorney-client privileges, making a controversial legal opinion public. The document, which was released today, stated that the governor had the power to call a special election ...
... and conservatives, the Utah Republican Party reached a deal Thursday that allows continuing its lawsuit challenging a new state election law — with a ... challenged SB54, a law that allows candidates to qualify for primary elections either by gathering signatures or through the caucus-convention system.
House Speaker Greg Hughes announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election as speaker nor for his House seat — but opened up the ... He said serving in Utah — perhaps as governor — allows working from idea to solution in a collaborative way, while working in Congress more rarely allows that.

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes speaks during the Utah Taxpayers Association 2018 Legislative Outlook Conference in Salt Lake City. Hughes won't seek re-election this year, his chief of staff said Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File).
Several legislative attempts to update the election process ended in stalemate between the House and Senate. But as the 2016 election neared without a valid law in place, lawmakers reached a compromise to allow nonpartisan elections to go forward that year before shifting to a partisan format in 2018.
One of the big themes of this year in south Utah County was development. While the northern part of the county has been growing rapidly and attracting businesses for years, the growth in the rest of the county has been slower and more deliberate. Perhaps the most prominent example of this was in ...
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch thanked a local paper on Monday on Twitter for making him "Utahn of The Year," but the Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board, in explaining the "honor," asked Hatch to "call it a career" and not seek re-election in 2018. "Grateful for this great Christmas honor from the Salt Lake ...
On election night, Kam Alan Brown was three votes ahead Brenda ... "Your vote absolutely counts, especially in these municipal elections," ...
City councils throughout the county verified the canvass of votes for the Nov. 7 election Tuesday. The final and official count offers insight into ...
In challenge to Senate Bill 78, case in 3rd District Court hinges on definition of 'partisan test' and whether state school board members are ...
11/20/2017 - SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (ABC4 News) Yesterday, Jordan High School was the polling place for Chileans living in Utah who ...
John Curtis was sworn in as Utah's newest member of Congress on ... It'd been less than a week since Curtis had won the special election but ...
The general election in which Republican John Curtis defeated Democrat Kathie Allen and United Utah Party candidate Jim Bennett actually ...
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Election Day is over in Utah and while much focus was on who would fill former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz's seat, Salt ...

Despite a special request from Paul Ryan's office that was predicted to slow counting vote-by-mail ballots, new election results were released ...
Mark Thomas, with the Lt. Governor's office of elections, was taken back when he discovered election workers were filling in voter ballots' ovals.
Election Day 2017 is upon us — and we're watching races in ... New York City (polls close at 9:00 p.m. ET) and Utah (polls close at 10:00 p.m. ...
On Tuesday November 7th, Utahns around the state will have a chance to vote in local elections. It's also the time to fill former Congressman ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Republicans came out swinging Friday, itching for a fight over a lawsuit against a controversial election law and ...
People march up to the Utah State Capitol during Women's March on the ... On the bright side, this is an improvement over the 2012 election, ...
Anyone who plans to vote in the 2017 election only has a few more days to do so. Election Day is Tuesday, but for those mailing in their ballots ...
Next month's municipal election in Hildale, Utah, could give the town its ... A group wanting fair elections in Hildale submitted the names of 102 ...
7 election could give Hildale its first mayor and City Council members who ... The lieutenant governor's office, which oversees elections in Utah, ...
It's no secret that Utah County faced some issues during its first foray into an all vote-by-mail election during the August primary, but the ... includes monthly conference calls with the state concerning elections, as well as ...
Re-Run Of Kenya's Presidential Elections Marred By Violence ... PERALTA: Election materials have had to be brought in under police escorts.
The 3rd Congressional District special election for Jason Chaffetz's seat has ... We find that refreshing as so many elections are landslides for a ...
Utah's director of elections, Mark Thomas, says no information has been turned over to the commission while the suit is pending. But they have ...
Spencer Cox, is leaving the Utah Elections Office where he's ... Bell decided to combine his chief deputy job with the election office director.
Q: If the election for Utah's 4th Congressional District was held today and the candidates were the following, for whom would you vote?
The election will be conducted primarily via vote-by-mail in Utah County. ... or in person at the Utah County Elections Office at 100 E. Center St., ...
Utah lawmakers are gearing up to sue the state's attorney general amid a conflict with the governor over the special election to replace ...
One of Utah County's three Republican commissioners switched his party affiliation to Democrat for a few weeks in what he says was an attempt to get an “audience” ... Graves was selected to run via the caucus convention system by the Utah County Republican Party and won the general election in 2014.
Justin Lee, state elections director for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, noted this was the first general election in which Utah County voted by mail — and many residents may not have realized that their ballots must be postmarked before Election Day. Otherwise, they must be dropped off at in-person voting centers.
If you have a question, go to vote.utah.gov or call your county clerk. ... There are also 444 municipal elections statewide, including 15 mayoral ...
Allen raised and spent more than $800,000 for Utah's 3rd Congressional ... Tuesday's election is the sixth of seven special elections held or ...
The state's hottest race is the special election to fill Utah's vacant congressional ... and bond issues, said Mark Thomas, state elections director.
American Fork City Council candidate Barbara Christiansen speaks to voters during an American Fork local election debate Saturday, July 29, ...
Utah election results 2017: Curtis lands state's vacant seat in ... Davis County elections included city mayor races and city council terms.
SALT LAKE CITY -- Voters headed to the polls November 7 to cast their votes in municipal elections. Here are preliminary results for some of ...
John Curtis, the mayor of Provo, Utah's third-largest city, won the race to represent the state's Third Congressional District, a role left vacant ...
With just days until next Tuesday's general election, early voting and ... Typically, municipal elections in Utah County generate about a 12 to 20 ...
But for the team that oversees and executes the election process across Utah's 29 counties, it's still a very big day. “I used to think that elections ...
... people decide how to conduct elections” and it resurrected the petition drive. ... “People are frustrated by the election system, because they don't like ... and at 4 p.m. at Utah Valley University's Sorensen Student Center, 800 ...
Former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan oversaw the handover of her city from Great Britain to Hong Kong in 1997. She says if she knew then what she knows now, she wouldn't have reassured her fellow citizens with such enthusiasm.
Silver - who's well-known in politics for accurately predicting political elections and giving President Donald Trump the best odds in the 2016 election - told an audience of Domo employees and techies that Utah amazed him because it had one of the ...
Lacey Rzeszowski, 42, spoke at an event in Summit, N. J., on Saturday. Ms. Rzeszowski is squaring off in a tough race against a local Republican for the State Assembly seat in New Jersey's 21st District.
"Due to the tight timescale, Inala and NIC built a temporary installation to ensure HD coverage of the elections, which took place at the beginning of August," says Anton Van Staden, Inala's Executive Broadcast Consultant.


 

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