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I’ll be actively campaigning from now through November 2026.
I can’t do this alone; I need your support.
Modest, monthly donations will fund the campaign through election day:
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Russ J Rampton
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Russ J Rampton
@RussJRampton
Candidate for Utah County Clerk 2026. Seeking the nomination of the Forward Party. Securing your rights through transparent processes and public service.
Provo, Utah เข้าร่วม Şubat 2022
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If you are looking for the proper role of religion in public life:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints@Ch_JesusChrist
“As followers of Christ, we should seek to live peaceably and lovingly with other children of God who do not share our values and do not have the covenant obligations we have assumed. “In a democratic government we should seek ‘fairness for all.’ In countless circumstances, strangers’ suspicion or even hostility gradually give way to friendship when personal contacts produce mutual respect.” — President Dallin H. Oaks (@OaksDallinH) #GeneralConference
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@Jensen_Utah @Limit_Its_Power @NormieUtah And if you live outside of CD1 and/or Salt Lake County, there is nothing interesting going on the Democrat primary.
One of many reasons party affiliation is a bad indicator of political views.
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I confirmed with SLCO clerk I could vote in the Democratic Primary as a registered Republican.
As a new voter in the Gibson D+24 district, that‘s what I’m going to do.
I’ll have to go in to get my Democratic Party primary ballot. But that’s fine. I’m not an incompetent, non-functional, boo hoo that’s too hard person.
Voting in person is like picking up a loaf of bread.
Utah Democratic Party@UtahDemocrats
Never been a better time to be a Utah Democrat! With election season just around the corner, make sure your voter registration and party affiliation are both accurate and up to date - be sure to change your party affiliation by the April 1st deadline! 🗳️
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It is also the answer to Sen. Lee’s question, but that is equally obvious.
[email protected]@kymc1234
@RussJRampton "their" is the answer to your question.
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If you wanted the “people’s input” you could start with their input to the redistricting commission that was soundly rejected by the legislature. That was the event that caused the chaos that followed.
Justin Stapley@JustinWStapley
This is a tragedy. The signature removal efforts should be ashamed of themselves. Prop 4 has not functioned as voters were told it would function when it barely passed in 2018. All sides should have been motivated to seek the people's input on the revealed realities of this law. Efforts must now be turned toward an amendment to the Utah Constitution to protect legislative power and address the "super law" reality that the judiciary has created around Prop 4.
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This is a tragedy. The signature removal efforts should be ashamed of themselves. Prop 4 has not functioned as voters were told it would function when it barely passed in 2018. All sides should have been motivated to seek the people's input on the revealed realities of this law. Efforts must now be turned toward an amendment to the Utah Constitution to protect legislative power and address the "super law" reality that the judiciary has created around Prop 4.
Brigham Tomco@BrighamTomco
BREAKING: Utah Prop 4 repeal will not make it on the 2026 ballot. Signature removal requests processed on Wednesday brought SD15 nearly 260 names below the threshold. The petition now has enough signatures in only 25 of 29 state Senate districts and no longer qualifies for the ballot. Signature removals will continue until April 23. Utah GOP chair Rob Axson told me: "We have significant concerns about the practices utilized by the opposition and continue to review the signature validation and removal process." "Given today’s update, we want to thank the hundreds of thousands of Utahns who signed our initiative. Utahns spoke loudly in the face of an unprecedented onslaught of biased media coverage, outside influence, and judicial interference." "Whether now or in the future, by litigation or initiative, we will Repeal Prop 4. This fight is not over but just beginning." deseret.com/politics/2026/…
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So why didn’t you vote for their bill then?
Mike Lee@BasedMikeLee
Every Democrat in the Senate two years ago supported a bill containing a voter ID requirement Why the change now?
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@JustinWStapley @TomMoyerUT The “civic” break assumes people work in the same jurisdiction where they can vote. This isn’t always the case.
Also assumes they won’t be stuck in a line for hours.
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Even without general mail in ballots, I still think generous absentee ballot policies would be effective and acceptable. Mail in ballots in such circumstances would have to be opted into based on established criteria. You can also have mandatory extended lunch breaks or "civic breaks" that require the service industry to allow a space of time during a shift to go and cast a vote.
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I understand that the idea behind mail in ballots is to maximize how many votes are cast and thus increasing the representative nature of our government, and that mail in ballots offer an ability to cast a vote for those who are unable or for whom it is extremely difficult to cast a vote on election day.
But the reality is that no approach too elections is going to engender 100% participation, so the question can't be, "Well wait a minute, this individual here needs such and such policy to be able to vote," the question has to be on generalities not specifics: which electoral process leads to the most participation and the most informed participation. And I assert that making election day a national holiday would lead to more participation overall, would become a civic celebration, and would avoid the spur of the moment demagoguery that takes place when votes can be cast on a whim in a wide period of time leading up to election day. Candidates should be building toward a final case to the people, when the people go together to vote at the end of campaign, rather than focused on gimmicks meant to steer emotion towards spur of the moment decisions.
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@goud4utah @jcdav @LGHendersonUtah @RCAggie @GovCox Different laws for initiative petitions and candidate petitions.
But I think you know that, you just won’t admit it.
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The @LGHendersonUtah is required to list every petition on which your name appears at the link provided by @RCAggie
If your signature was forged on the ‘24 petitions for @GovCox/@LGHendersonUtah, will it show up in that program? 🤔
Can you let us know Ryan Cowley?
Ryan Cowley@RCAggie
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I’m not necessarily a fan of HB 209, but it is not as burdensome as the SAVE act.
The NUMBER on an Utah Real ID (not the card itself) is proof of citizenship because the election offices can use it to verify that citizenship documents were presented.
Kaye’s Tidbits@tidbits84
Utah’s gov Cox finally got around to signing HB 209 voting amendments. This bill essentially makes it harder to vote in local elections than national ones. The bill requires Utahn’s to prove they are American citizens in order to vote in Utah local elections. Proof of citizenship must be presented at registration. Acceptable forms are: • A Utah driver’s license or state ID card that indicates U.S. citizenship. • Birth certificate. • U.S. passport. • Naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship. • Tribal documents. When do the liberal women protests start?
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@tidbits84 I’m not necessarily a fan of HB 209, but it is not as burdensome as the SAVE act.
The NUMBER on an Utah Real ID (not the card itself) is proof of citizenship because the election offices can use it to verify that citizenship documents were presented.
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Utah’s gov Cox finally got around to signing HB 209 voting amendments. This bill essentially makes it harder to vote in local elections than national ones. The bill requires Utahn’s to prove they are American citizens in order to vote in Utah local elections. Proof of citizenship must be presented at registration. Acceptable forms are:
• A Utah driver’s license or state ID card that indicates U.S. citizenship.
• Birth certificate.
• U.S. passport.
• Naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship.
• Tribal documents.
When do the liberal women protests start?
KSL.com - Utah Breaking News@KSLcom
Gov. Spencer Cox signed an additional 74 bills on Thursday, including provisions about carrying firearms on college campuses and adding taxes for adult content online. ow.ly/QyWK50Yx6LE
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@mcsuggafree @RickyHatchUT I will definitely seek out mentorship from Ricky Hatch. He is one of the best in the business.
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@RussJRampton The Utah County Clerk’s office has a pretty shady track record.
Perhaps they should look to great Clerk’s like @RickyHatchUT who focus on doing a great job and avoid political spotlights.
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Davidson had two years to prepare for a large in-person voting turnout in Nov 2024.
He was encouraging in-person voting and knew (or should have known) what to prepare for.
And he wasn’t ready.
He is not the person you should trust with a difficult endeavor.
Aaron Davidson@ARDavidson
"That's not what's happening with the SAVE America Act," [Henderson] wrote. "This bill would be effective immediately in the middle of an election year. It would be impossible to implement, on top of all its other problems." Difficult, Yes. Impossible, No ksl.com/article/514678…
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@ARDavidson @AskNoMansLand @mikemckellutah HB 209 that requires “documentary proof of citizenship” will accept as proof my Real ID number.
Does that provide Clerks with enough information now, or does a new system/feature need to be built to accommodate that?
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@AskNoMansLand @mikemckellutah Sorry, County Clerks do not have any backend access to any documents that may have been presented to the DLD for citizenship verification.
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Had @mikemckellutah not killed HB479 in committee two weeks ago, Utah would have had a process in place to accommodate the SAVE Act passing.
ksl.com/article/514678…
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@saltyutahn @LGHendersonUtah Utah already did this audit. Found about 1,300?deceased individuals on the rolls and looked for ways to better streamline the sharing of information from death certificate records to county clerks.
There may have been 2 ballots submitted by deceased voters.
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When facing with a difficult situation it is good to ask, “How would the duopoly parties typically approach this?”
And then do the opposite.
Forward Party@Fwd_Party
Public service announcement for elected officials: If you manufacture a problem and then solve your manufactured problem, that doesn’t count as being “focused on solutions.” It just counts as politics as usual. Do politics as unusual.
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HB479 had an implementation date of 2029, so it would not have put a process in place to accommodate the SAVE Act.
Also, portions of HB479 were based on Davidson’s “Fast Cast” voting experiment that was an Epic Fail in 2024, and abandoned in 2025.
Aaron Davidson@ARDavidson
Had @mikemckellutah not killed HB479 in committee two weeks ago, Utah would have had a process in place to accommodate the SAVE Act passing. ksl.com/article/514678…
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@dustinharding Come check out the Forward party. We are tired of the two party game, so we are playing politics differently.
The Utah County convention is this Saturday at the Provo Library:
utahforwardparty.org/utah_county_co…
@FWDUtah
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I’ve been a state and county delegate for the last four years, as well as a precinct chair.
But I declined to serve again at the last caucus.
I just can’t play the two-party game anymore.
I don’t quite know where that leaves me…
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Our Lieutenant Governor has some thoughts on the goodness of the vote by mail system she helped design.🤦♂️
Lt. Gov. Deidre M. Henderson@LGHendersonUtah
FACT: Utah is a vote-by-mail state. Art. IV, Sec. 8 of the Utah Constitution guarantees the right to a secret ballot for federal and state elections.
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