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A Duty cmd ci Privilege

Click to see original imageSoon the campaigning will be over. The candidates have made their appeal to you, the citizenry. Now, tomorrow, it’ll be your turn to do your part – and that means voting. Polls in the various municipalities will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Your job Tuesday will be to elect mayors and commissioners i or councilmen as the case may be – the leaders who will run affairs in your communities in the years immediately ahead. Don’t underplay the importance of this task. The people you elect may have more influence on your lives than state and national officers. They will set the taxes, make the local laws, provide for public safety, be in charge of water development, be in charge of the street system, etc. Provo and Orem voters will have a special proposition on their ballots, giving them the responsibility to approve or reject creation of a mass transit district. lt’s unfortunate that voters haven’t had more time to become familiar with the proposals – the question having been approved for the ballot only slightly more than a month ago. There has been considerable discussion, however, and many articles and letters in the Herald on the proposed district, alternative kinds of bus systems that could be considered by the proposed district, funding, available grants, etc. Orem voters will ballot on only the single proposition of whether a two-city transit district should be formed. Provoans will decide the added proposition of whether a quarter of a percent sales tax should be added to help support the system. Both cities must approve the district in order for it to be adopted. If either city votes for the district, but the other votes against it, the project would be killed for the present. It could be brought up later. Whatever your feeling about the candidates or special issues, be sure to vote Tuesday. And it’ll take you less time and avoid the possibility of having to waitin line if you go to the polls early.