2024 Election
To verify your voter registration status, please visit: vote.utah.gov. Also, make sure to update your address, if you have moved! You can also put in your address and see what your ballot will exactly look like.
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Ballots will be mailed out around October 15, 2024, and election day is November 5, 2024. Contact the Wasatch County Clerk at 435 657-3190 if you do not get your ballot by October 22nd, or if you want to double check your info. Residents can cast votes by mail-in ballot or in person. Early voting in person will take place at the Wasatch County Gov’t Building at 25 N. Main Street, Heber starting October 22 thru Nov 1st, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or on Election Day Nov. 5th from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last day to register for the general election is 5pm on October 25th, or same day voter registration is available on election day by visiting a vote center in person on election day. Click here to go to the Wasatch County Election page to learn about candidates, where to vote, and registration deadlines. (scroll down the page to see all candidates who made it out of the June Primary, and who have challengers this November.) Utah Debate Commission videos of STATE & FED races.
**Go to our WTPA Youtube Page–TO WATCH THE WASATCH SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS! (Kim Dickerson- incumbent, Seat F Heber East was the only candidate to decline our interview.) Go see the discussed documentation- Supporting Data for interviews here!
| Wasatch County School Board – Seat E DISTRICT MAP- Midway West Bradley Ehlert – Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) bradforwasatch.com cell: 385 335-4345 Tom Stone – Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) No Website Info Given- cell: 435 671-3400 | Wasatch County School Board – Seat F DISTRICT MAP- Heber East and Jordanelle Kim Dickerson – Incumbent-Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) No Website Info Given- cell: 435 901-9506 Randall Lund – Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) lundforyou.com cell: 435 503-0420 |
DISTRICT MAP- So. Heber, Charleston, Daniel, Wallsburg
(See District Map-Midway to see close up of So. HEBER)
Marianne B. Allen – Incumbent- Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) marianneballen.org
cell: 435 760-2180
Breanne Dedrickson – Nonpartisan (Disclosure Notice) breannededrickson.org
cell: 801 369-4248
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State School Board District 12
Jason L. Allen– https://www.allen4schoolboard.com/
Cole J. Kelley (REP) – https://mrcolekelley.com/
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Midway Open Space Bond-Shall the City Council (the “Council”) of Midway City, Utah (the “City”), be
authorized to issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed Five Million Dollars $5,000,000) (the “Bonds”) for the purpose of partnering with willing landowners, private organizations, land preservation foundations, governmental agencies and private donors, all at the discretion of the Council, to pay all or a portion of the costs (consistent with the Midway City General Plan and as permitted by the laws of the State of Utah) to preserve open space and related improvements that are within the proposed annexation boundaries of the City at the time of application for preserving the open space, including but not limited to acquisition of land, development rights, conservation easements, maintenance of use
agreements, or related start-up expenses; said Bonds to be due and payable in not to exceed twenty-one
(21) years from the date of issuance of the Bonds? ( ) YES ( ) NO
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****Here’s a non-profit commission that looks into the judges and evaluates them based on certain criteria- Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission
****UTAH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS ON THE BALLOT****
Link to: Utah Legislature’s INFO of all below Amendments, with code text affected
AMENDMENT A- PROPOSAL TO AMEND UTAH CONSTITUTION – INCOME TAX- Breaking News!!! Amendment A, will appear on the ballot, but as of October 9, 2024 the Utah Supreme Court ruled the measure invalid and therefore votes cast on the measure will not be tallied. FOX13 Report / KSL Report
Text was: Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to allow income tax money to be used for all state needs and prioritize public education funding for changes in enrollment and inflation? If this amendment is approved, state statute will eliminate the state sales tax on food. ( )FOR ( )AGAINST PRO and CON INFO
AMENDMENT B- PROPOSAL TO AMEND UTAH CONSTITUTION – STATE SCHOOL FUND- Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to increase the limit on the annual distributions from the State School Fund to public schools from 4% to 5% of the fund? ( )FOR ( )AGAINST This concerns how much money annually they can take out of the SITLA account- that’s Trustlands money. That money is sent directly to each school for their community councils to decide what their particular school needs. It does not raise YOUR taxes. State Treasurer Explanation of Amendment B — PRO and CON INFO
AMENDMENT C- PROPOSAL TO AMEND UTAH CONSTITUTION – ELECTION OF COUNTY SHERIFFS Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to have the office of county sheriff be elected by
voters? ( )FOR ( )AGAINST PRO and CON INFO
**AMENDMENT D- PROPOSAL TO AMEND UTAH CONSTITUTION – VOTER LEGISLATIVE POWER
KSL News Report / Utah News Dispatch Report / SLC Axios Report
A fourth amendment, Amendment D, will appear on the ballot, though the state legislature appealed the ruling to the Utah Supreme Court and they ruled the measure invalid and therefore votes cast on the measure will not be tallied. The amendment was designed to expressly provide in the state constitution that the state legislature has the power to amend and repeal citizen initiatives. This is not in the citizen’s best interest. *** STILL CAST A NO VOTE if you want to send the message to the legislature to refrain in the future from removing YOUR Utah Constitutional Right to petition your government. In 1900, Utah became the second state in the nation to ratify and establish an initiative and referendum process! History of Utah’s Right To Petition
Legislature’s misleading ballot text: Should the Utah Constitution be changed to strengthen the initiative process(?) by:
- Prohibiting foreign influence on ballot initiatives and referendums.
- Clarifying the voters and legislative bodies’ ability to amend laws.
If approved, state law would also be changed to: - Allow Utah citizens 50% more time to gather signatures for a statewide referendum.
- Establish requirements for the legislature to follow the intent of a ballot initiative.
- ( )FOR ( )AGAINST
The Legislature had a hasty “emergency” 2024 Fourth Special Session to
House Joint Resolution (S.J.R) 401- Proposal to Amend Utah Constitution – Voter Legislative Power
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JUNE 2024- Primary Election INFO 2024
The County Assessor, Todd Griffin, had some follow-up info to our interview here– RE investments 4 year review. Parcels were deleted when the property was annexed into Heber City and new parcels were assigned. Acres fluctuations year to year are included. All parcels are accounted for and assessed each year. There are no RE Investment properties escaping taxation.
We have asked Todd a few times for the 2022, 2023, and 2024 copies of this PT-90 form above, and he has yet to produce them for us. I asked him again before this interview, and I have yet to receive them.
From County Assessor Todd Griffin- Update from yesterday’s question. MLS#1964570 assessed at $334 per sf. This was based on a neighborhood average for 2022 of $391 per square foot. The final 2023 average price per square foot $329 sf. 2022 & 2023 avg was $352 sf.
The subject property listing price dropped $291,880 since January. $100 per square foot less than the avg, and $90 less than the median. That property clearly sold below market for whatever reason.
Using the subject as an example, our assessment price per square foot was $5 from how this market actually performed.
Without a crystal ball I don’t know how we could have predicted the 2023 market performance any better.
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