{"id":173,"date":"1977-11-10T18:07:54","date_gmt":"1977-11-11T01:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=173"},"modified":"2014-11-25T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T21:35:22","slug":"srhull-cities-set-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gashler.com\/nlc\/?p=173","title":{"rendered":"Election Turnout – Small Cities Set Example"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Click<\/a>Hats off to the smaller cities and towns of Central Utah – they really got out the vote Tuesday!<\/p>\n

While some of the major cities were allowing a minority of the voters to make the decisions at the polls, many of the little towns really showed the election spirit and appreciation for the right to vote.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

– In the new incorporated town of Salem Hills, 62 of 68 registered voters showed up at the polls.<\/p>\n

– Highland, another newly established municipality, has about 400 registered voters and 338 of them cast ballots for an 84 1\/2 per cent turnout.<\/p>\n

– Of the 155\u00a0eligible voters in Mona, 146 marked ballots for a 94 per cent record.<\/p>\n

– Juab’s biggest city, Nephi, set a fine example also as 69 percent of the voters went to the polls.<\/p>\n

– Eureka, also in Juab County, had all except 4 of its 264 eligible citizens cast ballots.<\/p>\n

– About 84 percent voted in Levan.<\/p>\n

– The citizens of Midway in Wasatch County recorded an 80 percent turnout.<\/p>\n

– Out of 1001 eligible voters in Lindon, 597 took time to vote for 59 per cent.<\/p>\n

– Payson had a 52 percent vote as 1711 out of 3,300 voters responded.<\/p>\n

Contrast such turnouts as these with Provo’s 31 percent ; Orem’s 35.7 percent, and Springville’s 42 percent.<\/p>\n

Why is it that citizens in the bigger cities tend to be more apathetic on election day than those in the smaller ones? It’s a question to ponder.<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason, we feel voters who stay away from the polls during municipal elections are passing up an opportunity as well as a duty because their lives are touched in so many ways by the local officers elected.<\/p>\n

Zoning laws, public\u00a0safety (including fire and police departments), streets, tax rates, local ordinances, water development, sewers and disposal plants – these are some of the responsibilities local elective officers are charged with managing.<\/p>\n

Theres still merit to the old slogan that if you can’t find time to vote on election day, then don’t complain about the people elected.<\/p>\n

A lot of candidates worked hard to get their messages to the people during the municipal election campaign. Congratulations are due the winners…and a special vote of thanks to all who were interested enough to offer their services, whether they won or lost.<\/p>\n

Newly-elected officials, some of them entering politics for the first time should now redouble efforts to familiarize themselves with the day-to-day problems their communities face – and to repledge themselves to keep campaign\u00a0promises that are in the public interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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