View source for November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah

<noinclude>''See also: [[Utah County, Utah]]''<br/></noinclude><includeonly>''[[November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah|November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah]]''<br/></includeonly>
''Previous covered election: [[November 2015 Election, Utah County, Utah|November 2015, Utah County, Utah]]''<br/>
''Next covered election: [[November 2018 Election, Utah County, Utah|November 2018, Utah County, Utah]]''<br/>

This election is scheduled for the 8th of November 2016.<ref>Spencer J. Cox, [http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2016%20Election/2016%20Election%20Notice%20FINAL.pdf "Notice of Election: 2016 General Election"], Office of the Lieutenant Governor, 16 Nov 2015</ref><br/>
The Republican Primary is scheduled for June 28th.

===Candidates===
====County Commission C====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[R. Nathan Ivie]]
|Our pick.<br/>[[Republican Party|Republican]]. Good candidate.
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|[[Jeanne Bowen]]
|[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|-
!colspan="2"|Eliminated Candidates<ref>Craig Frank, [http://ucrp.org/2016-nominating-convention-results/ "2016 NOMINATING CONVENTION RESULTS"], Utah County Republican Party, 19 April 2016</ref><ref>Katie England, [http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/ivie-tops-voeks-in-utah-county-commissioner-primary-race/article_0463c8de-1922-585b-9a60-64c599a23d67.html "Ivie tops Voeks in Utah County Commissioner primary race"], Daily Herald, 29 Jun 2016</ref>
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|[[Casey Voeks]]
|Our primary pick.<br/>[[Republican Party|Republican]]. Good candidate seems more polished and politically aware.
|-
|[[Mike Kipp]]
|Eliminated as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in April 16 delegate vote.
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|[[Brad Frost]]
|Eliminated as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in April 16 delegate vote.
|-
|[[Scott Ward]]
|Eliminated as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in April 16 delegate vote.
|}

====Alpine School District====
''Not currently covered.''

====Nebo School District - Board Seat 1====
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!Name
!Notes
|- style="background: #EEFFEE;"
|[[Eric Hazelet]]
|Our Pick. Strong focus on family.
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|[[Lisa Rowley]]
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|}

I wrote a [[November 2016 Election, Utah County, Utah/Letter to Candidates|letter]] to both of the candidates and have received responses from both.

====Nebo School District - Board Seat 3====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[Layne Moody]]
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|[[Shauna Warnick]]
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|[[Randy Boothe]]
|Incumbent
|}

====Nebo School District - Board Seat 6====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[R. Dean Rowley]]
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====Nebo School District - Board Seat 7====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[Christine Riley]]
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====Provo School District - Board Seat 5====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[Julie Rash]]
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====Provo School District - Board Seat 6====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[Rebecca Nielsen]]
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====Provo School District - Board Seat 7====
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!Name
!Notes
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|[[Jim Pettersson]]
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====Judicial Retainment====
The retainment votes are tricky. We're not comparing one candidate against another, so that we can fall back on relative merit easily. Though, one could compare the candidates against each other, rank them, and pick a cut-off. Grading on the curve never seems altogether fair or constructive, however. People tend to vote "yes", even thought they have little to no information. This tends to make bad judges very hard to oust. At the same time "when in doubt, vote no" seems an overly harsh rule to apply. At the same time, it seems almost necessary to counteract the mindless reverence that sitting judges tend to elicit from the voting public. At the very least, when in doubt, don't vote. Voting uninformed can be worse than not voting. We will not make a recommendation unless we feel we have found enough information to judge the probability of a vote being a good one.

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!Name
!Court
!Recommendation
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|[[Carolyn E. Howard]]
|Saratoga Springs
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|- style="background: #EEFFEE;"
|[[David C. Dahlquist]]
|Payson
|Yes
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|[[Scott J. Cullimore]]
|Utah County Justice Court
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|[[Sharla T. Williams]]
|Genola
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|[[Sharla T. Williams]]
|Goshen
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|[[Sharla T. Williams]]
|Santaquin
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|[[Sherlynn W. Fenstermaker]]
|Mapleton
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|[[Sherlynn W. Fenstermaker]]
|Springville
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|[[Stevan W. Ridge]]
|Utah County Justice Court
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|[[W. Brent Bullock]]
|Lindon
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=== External Resources ===
* [http://www.utahcounty.gov/Dept/ClerkAud/Elections/RevisedCandidates.asp County list of candidates.]

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