Weber County- Weber County Attorney Chris Allred filed charges against two individuals for forgery and violations of petition procedures under Utah’s election code on February 22, 2018.
In Utah, six statewide initiatives are being circulated for signatures in order to be placed on the ballot at the upcoming election in November. Sponsors of the petitions, volunteers, and signature-gathering companies carry out the signature gathering process and then turn the signature packets over to county clerks for review. The clerks are then responsible to determine whether or not each signature in the packet matches the signature on file in the voter registration database.
On December 28, 2017, staff at the Weber County Elections Office suspected that a number of signatures in thirteen packets that had been turned in for verification were forgeries. Based on this information, the Elections Office contacted the Lt. Governor’s Office and the Weber County Attorney’s Office for further investigation.
The charges that were filed on February 22 are a clear indication that the Weber County Clerk/Auditor, the Elections Office, and the Weber County Attorney take allegations of forgery seriously and work hard to safeguard the democratic process by ensuring that proper election procedures are followed. So far, this issue is isolated to two of the statewide initiatives.
Ricky Hatch, Weber County Clerk/Auditor, said, “I’ve been asked if we really review every signature in an election or a petition. Yes we do. Every county in the state looks at every signature, every time, whether it’s on a vote-by-mail envelope or in an initiative packet. Detailed controls such as these safeguard the integrity of our elections.” These forgeries were caught early in the packet submission process. The issue was discovered by vigilant election employees, trained in handwriting analysis, who followed procedures, and took the appropriate action.
For more information, please contact Ryan Cowley, Weber County Elections Director, at 801-399-8036 or rcowley@webercountyutah.gov.
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AGRICULTURAL PRICES RECEIVED
Prices Received – Mountain Region States and United States: December 2017 with Comparisons State January 2017 December 2017 January 2018 Barley, All (dollars per bushel) (dollars per bushel) (dollars per bushel) Colorado ............................. (D) (D) (D) Montana .............................. 5.10 4.21 4.34 Wyoming ............................ (D) (D) (D) United States ....................... 4.91 4.38 4.45 Corn Colorado ............................. 3.33 3.25 3.32 United States ....................... 3.40 3.23 3.29 Wheat, All Arizona ............................... (D) (D) (D) Colorado ............................. 2.95 3.40 3.62 Montana .............................. 4.47 5.30 5.34 United States ....................... 4.01 4.51 4.69 Cotton, Upland (dollars per pound) (dollars per pound) (dollars per pound) Arizona ............................... (D) (D) (D) United States ....................... 0.670 0.684 0.687 Hay, Alfalfa (dollars per ton) (dollars per ton) (dollars per ton) Arizona ............................... 150.00 170.00 180.00 Colorado ............................. 150.00 170.00 175.00 Montana .............................. 135.00 140.00 135.00 New Mexico ....................... 165.00 170.00 170.00 Utah .................................... 120.00 140.00 140.00 Wyoming ............................ 115.00 140.00 145.00 United States ....................... 126.00 148.00 152.00 Hay, Other Arizona ............................... 155.00 180.00 190.00 Colorado ............................. 160.00 180.00 185.00 Montana .............................. 125.00 135.00 130.00 New Mexico ....................... 135.00 155.00 155.00 Utah .................................... 105.00 120.00 120.00 Wyoming ............................ 105.00 130.00 130.00 United States ....................... 118.00 118.00 124.00 Milk, All (dollars per hundredweight) (dollars per hundredweight) (dollars per hundredweight) Arizona ............................... 17.80 16.00 15.10 Colorado ............................. 19.50 18.00 16.70 New Mexico ....................... 17.90 16.30 15.60 Utah .................................... 19.00 17.60 16.20 United States ....................... 18.90 17.20 16.10 (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. (S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate.
UNITED STATES
January Prices Received Index Decreased 6.2 Percent
The January Prices Received Index (Agricultural Production), at 85.9, decreased 6.2 percent from December 2017. At 78.2, the Crop Production Index decreased 6.5 percent. The Livestock Production Index, at 94.5, decreased 5.1 percent. Producers received lower prices for market eggs, milk, tomatoes, and lettuce but higher prices for broilers, oranges, hogs, and cattle. Compared with a year earlier, the Prices Received Index is up 0.2 percent. The Crop Production Index increased 1.7 percent but the Livestock Production Index decreased 2.0 percent. In addition to prices, the indexes are influenced by the volume change of commodities producers market. Increased monthly movement of milk, soybeans, and corn offset the decreased marketing of cattle, market eggs, broilers, and hogs. The Food Commodities Index, at 92.5, decreased 6.4 percent from the previous month and 0.4 percent from January 2017.
January Prices Paid Index Up 0.6 Percent
The January Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 108.4, is up 0.6 percent from December 2017 and 2.7 percent from January 2017. Higher indexes in January for interest, herbicides, other services, and feeder pigs more than offset lower indexes for cash and share rent, feeder cattle, and feed concentrates.
For a full copy of the Agricultural Prices report please visit www.nass.usda.gov. For state specific questions please contact:
Arizona – Dave DeWalt 1-800-645-7286 Colorado – William R. Meyer 1-800-392-3202 Montana – Eric Sommer 1-800-835-2612 New Mexico – Longino Bustillos 1-800-530-8810 Utah – John Hilton 1-800-747-8522 Wyoming – Rhonda Brandt 1-800-892-1660
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Inventor Keith Wells to Unveil Latest Project, The Imbueapp at
RootsTech 2018, Salt Lake City, UTAH
Display booth in INNOVATION ALLEY
Who: Innovator Keith Wells
What: Exhibits his latest project, the Imbueapp, at RootsTech 2018
When: Wednesday, February 28th – Sunday, March 4th, 2018
Where: Booth number #108B in Innovation Alley, Salt Palace Convention Center, 100 South West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
How: Tickets to RootsTech are now available https://www.rootstech.org
ImbueApp - WE MOVE MEMORIES TO THE FUTURE
Using a smartphone camera image, Imbueapp captures your precious items and remembers them utilizing machine learning from Google Cloud Vision API. You then add audio or video to the items, explaining where they came from, who they belonged to, and why they are special. Using cloud storage and the Google recognition software, the Imbueapp connects the two permanently so that future generations can identify your family treasures and the stories associated with them.
“Capturing the voices of parents and grandparents makes sense, because voices go silent unexpectedly,” said founder Keith Wells.
The app is FREE to download. With a PAY FORWARD account, your memories are preserved in the cloud for a generation (25 years), so you can be certain the memories will live on.
What would you Imbue?
Download Imbueapp for iPhone here or visit www.imbueapp.com.
