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Emigration Canyon council adopts resolution canceling uncontested mayoral race
Summary
At a special meeting, the Emigration Canyon City Council adopted Resolution R2025-10 to cancel the uncontested mayoral race after county-printed ballots omitted the candidate’s name; the decision was framed as a cost-saving measure under Utah election law.
The Emigration Canyon City Council voted to adopt Resolution R2025-10 at a special meeting to cancel the city’s uncontested mayoral race after a county printing error removed the candidate’s name from ballots.
Council members and staff said the county had removed the name after misinterpreting earlier communications about whether the council intended to cancel the race. Cameron, legal counsel to the council, explained that ballots went to the printer on Sept. 12 without the candidate’s name and that the council had not passed a cancellation resolution at its Sept. 23 meeting. “If there’s only 1 candidate, that candidate is elected regardless of 1 person voting, a 100,000 people voting,” Cameron said, summarizing the relevant effect of Utah election law in uncontested races.
The council’s nut graf: because state law treats uncontested candidates as elected and the county had already printed…
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