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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Rich County Primary Election Information



The Rich County primary election will be June 24, 2014. For the county commissioner race, this will be the only election as this race is only contested in the Republican primary.  

Elections for which there will be a primary are County Commissioner (countywide) and 3 local school district elections.  The school board elections are for positions in Garden City, Laketown, and Randolph north.  The school board elections are non-partisan and all registered voters in a school district are eligible to vote in that district.  The final runoff election between the top two primary school board contestants will occur in November.

The county commissioner primary is for registered Republicans only.   There are two Republican candidates, Pat Argyle and Tom Weston.  The winner of the primary will face no opposition in November, hence this primary will decide the county commissioner race.  If someone wishes to change their registration to Republican so that they may vote, it will be possible, in person at the Rich County Offices, up to May 27 (there is some chance of a later opportunity but that is not yet certain).  Registered Independents and Democrats will not be allowed to vote in the Republican primary county commissioner race.

The last day to register to vote in person is June 9.  Early voting will start June 10.  Voter registration is also possible on-line.  Check the Rich County web site.

2 comments:

JSSox said...

You said "this primary will decide the county commissioner race."

It is true that someone could run a "write-in" campaign as an independent against the winner of the republican primary, correct? Actually, I guess anyone could run against any of the candidates this way. I just wanted to check if this is right. If that is still an option I want people to know it. Not that I think it will change anything.

JSSox said...

So I finally found my answer to the above question/comment. So evidently in the state of Utah they no longer leave a spot for a "write-in" unless a person registers "for the race no later than 60 days before the general election". Two of the cited reasons for this change is to save paper and to avoid people writing in the names of people that don't want to be elected.

Source: http://news.hjnews.com/allaccess/what-s-up-with-that-legal-changes-for-write-in/article_a66d07e8-565b-11e4-89d5-4f938221a2d0.html