UTAH’S OFFICIAL VOTER INFORMATION PAMPHLET 2018 GENERAL ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH NOTE: This electronic version of the voter information pamphlet contains general voting information for all Utah voters. To view voting information that is specific to you, visit VOTE.UTAH.GOV, enter your address, and click on “Sample Ballot, Profiles, Issues.” For audio & braille versions of the voter information pamphlet, please visit blindlibrary.utah.gov. STATE OF UTAH OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SPENCER J. COX LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Dear Utah Voter, My office is pleased to present the 2018 Voter Information Pamphlet. Please take the time to read through the material to learn more about the upcoming General Election on November 6, 2018. Inside you will find information about candidates, ballot questions, judges, and how to vote. In addition to this pamphlet, you can visit VOTE.UTAH.GOV to find even more information about the election. At VOTE.UTAH.GOV you can view your sample ballot, find your polling location, and view biographies for the candidates in your area. If you need assistance of any kind, please call us at 1-800-995-VOTE, email [email protected], or stop by our office in the State Capitol building. Thank you for doing your part to move our democracy forward. Sincerely, Spencer J. Cox Lieutenant Governor WHAT’S IN THIS PAMPHLET? 1. WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES? 2 U.S. Senate 3 U.S. House of Representatives 5 Utah State Legislature 9 Utah State Board of Education 28 2. WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS ON MY BALLOT? 30 Constitutional Amendment A 32 Constitutional Amendment B 35 Constitutional Amendment C 39 Nonbinding Opinion Question Number 1 44 Proposition Number 2 45 Proposition Number 3 66 Proposition Number 4 74 3. WHO ARE THE JUDGES ON MY BALLOT? 84 Statewide Judges (Utah Supreme Court and Utah Court of Appeals) 87 1st Judicial District Judges (Box Elder, Cache, & Rich County) 89 2nd Judicial District Judges (Davis, Morgan, & Weber County) 93 3rd Judicial District Judges (Salt Lake, Summit, & Tooele County) 100 4th Judicial District Judges (Juab, Millard, Utah, & Wasatch County) 113 5th Judicial District Judges (Beaver, Iron, & Washington County) 120 6th Judicial District Judges (Garfield, Kane, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, & Wayne County) 126 7th Judicial District Judges (Carbon, Emery, Grand, & San Juan County) 129 8th Judicial District Judges (Daggett, Duchesne, & Uintah County) 130 4. HOW CAN I VOTE? 131 How do I cast my ballot? 132 How do I register to vote? 133 What I.D. do I need? 134 County Clerk contact information 135 Voter registration form 136 Mail (absentee) ballot application 137 Utah Voter Information Pamphlet 1 CANDIDATES The following pages list the candidates who are running for office in your area. Candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives were given the opportunity to submit a 100 word statement and a photograph. The Lieutenant Governor’s Office has not edited these statements. All candidates in this pamphlet appear in the order they will appear on your ballot. Candidates appear in random order. The current random list is: F X C Y O A B U S L M V Q E W Z R H G K P N J D I T. Looking for more info on legislative, school board, county, and other local candidates? IT VIS VOTE.UTAH.GOV View your Read biographies for Find your sample ballot candidates in your area polling location Jane Doe Veterinarian Ogden [email protected] janedoe4office.com Visit vote.utah.gov to read about candidates running in your area, such as the city they in and what their occupation is. Utah Voter Information Pamphlet 2 U.S. SENATE Visit VOTE.UTAH.GOV for more information on these candidates Tim Aalders Craig R. Bowden Reed C. McCandless Constitution Party Libertarian Party Independent American Party Remember “If you like your Who is Craig Bowden? I’m a Reed Clair McCandless, born in health care plan, you'll be able to father, husband, & small business Dillon, Montana and raised in keep your health care owner. I served nearly eight Montana and Idaho, eventually plan”? Obama and the years as infantry in the Marine moved to Utah. Democrats lied to us about that. Corps, giving the best Remember the constant perspective of the needs in There is a fierceness amongst promises by Republicans to Foreign Policy. I served three farmers, and because he was overturn Obamacare once they years in the IRS within the raised on the family farm, he had control of the House, Senate, Business Division, showing me believes in Liberty and and the White House? The what is in the way of small protection of the rights of United Republicans lied to us too. business from the government. States Citizens. Reed upholds Utah needs an authentic I’m not someone who’s just family values that protect this alternative. going to say, “cut taxes” or “cut way of life. Tim Aalders is the only spending.” I have the practical conservative Republican running knowledge of what to do. I kindly He refuses to believe that the in Utah for the US Senate this ask for your vote and support. corruption in the government November, and he is running There’s only one candidate can’t be ferreted out and the under the banner of the working to break barriers and purity of our Constitution Constitution Party. build the future restored. Vote for a Utah resident. Vote for the only conservative A former Republican, until 2014, Republican. Vote for Tim Aalders. whereupon he discovered the truth about 911. He asks that you search for yourself. World Trade Center building 7. Contact Information: Contact Information: Contact Information: P.O. Box 1388 2888 N 400 E 8116 N Ridge Loop W N4 American Fork, Utah 84003 North Ogden, UT 84414 Eagle Mountain UT 84005 435-922-0115 385-288-0674 801-503-6576 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.TimAalders.com www.bowden4senate.com www.mccandlessforussenate.com Utah Voter Information Pamphlet 3 U.S. SENATE Visit VOTE.UTAH.GOV for more information on these candidates Jenny Wilson Mitt Romney Democratic Party Republican Party Jenny Wilson is a 5th generation Mitt Romney is uniquely Utahn and community leader positioned to serve Utah. His serving her second, six-year term experience, relationships, and as a Salt Lake County Council national credibility will allow him Member. to accomplish more for Utahns. Working across party lines, He led the 2002 Winter Olympic Jenny has notched results on Games in Salt Lake City, issues facing Utah families, all launched a successful business while keeping the County budget career, served as Governor of balanced. Massachusetts, and was the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee. Jenny will work to heal the partisan divide in Congress and Mitt is a deficit hawk; he will will prioritize healthcare, work to reduce the national debt compassionate immigration and balance the budget every reform, and infrastructure year. improvements. He believes in and promotes Jenny’s Senate office door will family values. be open to Utahns, not lobbyists. She will work tirelessly to deliver He supports reducing federal for Utahns. Jenny promises to control and empowering states. hold an in-person town hall in each of Utah’s counties during Mitt will serve with honor, her first year in office. integrity, and in a manner that will make all Utahns proud. Contact Information: Contact Information: P.O. Box 526305 PO Box 7000 Salt Lake City, UT 84152 Orem, UT 84059 801-906-0057 385-233-5272 [email protected] [email protected] wilsonforsenate.com RomneyforUtah.com Utah Voter Information Pamphlet 4 U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1 Visit VOTE.UTAH.GOV for more information on these candidates Lee Castillo Rob Bishop Eric Eliason Adam Davis Democratic Party Republican Party United Utah Green Party Party Utah is a diverse state Rob Bishop spent 28 As a father of four, I My one campaign promise without diverse years as a high school approach this campaign is simple. It's solidarity. representation. I am teacher in Utah and firmly invested in the Solidarity with the working uniquely qualified to served for 16 years in the future of our state and class people of our nation change that and State Legislature before nation. I am running with that have seen decades of represent ALL of the voters chose him to the moderate United steady decline in their constituents in Utah represent them in Utah Party because ability to just make ends HD-1. My work Congress. Rob fights partisanship is choking meet. Solidarity with the experience as a Social tirelessly for Utah's our country; policy families who have been Worker for the values and conservative progress has completely devastated by policies Division of Child and principles. As a senior stalled. I want to address such as the "War on Family Services and a member on the Armed challenges in a non- Drugs". Solidarity with Clinical Social Worker Services Committee, he is partisan and more immigrant families being at the Utah State well positioned to innovative, collaborative torn from one another at Hospital has allowed support Hill Air Force fashion. My policy our border. Solidarity me to serve a myriad Base and its employees. priorities include across lines of race, of clients from diverse As Chairman of the reducing health care religion, and political economic, social, and Natural Resources costs and increasing affiliation. It's time we ethnic backgrounds. Committee, Rob accessibility, preserving started standing up for It’s my job to listen, continues to push for Utah's public lands, each other, and that's why evaluate situations, states to have more instituting campaign I'm running for Congress.