Americans and the media are preoccupied with the 2024 presidential race. Down-ballot contests are treated like stepchildren. Why? Most voters believe the White House is the giant oak and all other offices tiny acorns in the presidential forest. But they are all wrong! Even Toscanini needed a ...
The upcoming election, rightly deemed the most crucial of our lifetime, demands our full attention. While most media focus has been on the top of the ticket, down-ballot races will make the most impact in our daily lives. With John Curtis vacating his congressional seat, Utah has a unique ...
“How can I vote for these judges when I don’t know anything about them?” is a sentiment commonly expressed after going through the list of national and local candidates. Fatigue and frustration set in as we seem to know less and less about the names we are voting for as we move down the ...
Editor’s note: This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state.
The official responsible for counting ballots in Utah’s second-largest county, Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson, is ...
In past election years, the typical Utah ballot has had maybe one or two independent candidates in a state where the Republican Party dominates statewide offices and a supermajority of the Utah Legislature.
But this year is different.
Thirteen candidates are on the ballot as independents ...
The stated purpose of the Hope Squad suicide prevention program is to foster a peer-to-peer approach that empowers its student members to “intentionally reach out to peers and become instruments of change" across schools nationwide.
And what better way to reach that objective than bringing ...