Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Utah town forgets to hold election — again

Wallsburg, Utah

The new recorder in the town of about 275 forgot to announce the opening of the filing period or arrange to hold an election Nov. 5, when voters across the state cast their ballots in municipal elections. By the time the oversight was caught shortly before Election Day, it was too late to field candidates and hold the balloting on the fly.

[Wasatch County Clerk Brent Titcomb said,] "They’re going to have to appoint the current mayor and council for two more years and they’ll advertise and have people elected [in 2015]."

Wallsburg didn’t schedule an election two years ago, either, and the council members had to be appointed then, as well. Those appointed seats should have been up for election in the November election, but were not...

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