Herriman's Nov. 3 ballot: one drop box, two vote centers, a $128 million bond and two amendments

Salt Lake County, which administers Herriman's elections, has published the drop-off and in-person locations for Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the full text of the only countywide measure on the ballot 1. Herriman City has published the same locations and deadline for its residents 2.

Herriman City Hall, at 5355 W. Herriman Main Street, is an official ballot drop box, open until 8 p.m. on Election Day 12. The city's own notice states that ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Nov. 3 to be counted 2. Ballots were mailed to voters beginning the week of Oct. 13 1.

Two Herriman sites serve as Election Day vote centers, open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.: the Community Room at Herriman City Hall and Unified Fire Authority Station 123, at 4850 W. Patriot Ridge Dr. 1. The county's notice states that an eligible voter may use any vote center listed, not only the one in their own city 1. Voting in person requires valid identification, which the notice defines as a photo ID showing name and photograph, a tribal card, or two forms of identification showing name and current address 1.

Early voting ran at the Salt Lake County Government Center, 2001 S. State St., from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 and Oct. 26 through Oct. 30, with an additional session on Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 1. Draper City Hall was among the other early-voting sites the notice lists, open Oct. 27 through Oct. 30 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1. Every one of those early-voting dates has now passed, leaving Election Day on Tuesday 1.

The bond question asks voters to authorise the county to issue general obligation bonds of up to $128,000,000, maturing in no more than eleven years, for "repairing, completing, acquiring, constructing or renovating open space, natural habitat, parks, community trails and recreational facilities" of the kind the county is responsible for 1. The county's stated plan is two smaller issues totalling about $128 million over the next five years, each maturing about ten years after issuance 1.

The notice puts the property tax cost at an estimated $16.39 a year on a primary residence at the county average value of $658,000, and $29.80 a year on a business or secondary residence at the same value — $1.37 and $2.48 a month 1. Taking into account bonds already outstanding and due to be repaid, the county estimates a net property tax increase of $0 a year on both 1. The notice also states that operating and maintaining the facilities is projected to require additional annual spending averaging $4,710,200 over their first ten years, and that the county will decide in its next budget cycle whether that requires cuts or a tax increase 1.

Two constitutional amendments appear on the same ballot 3. Amendment A would change how proposed amendments are published, requiring publication for 60 days immediately before a general election in a manner set by state law instead of in newspapers; the accompanying explanation says state statute would require the lieutenant governor to publish the full text on the Utah Public Notice Website and the lieutenant governor's website 3. Amendment B would require citizen-proposed laws that increase taxes, compared with existing law, to be approved by at least 60 per cent of voters instead of a simple majority 3.

The ballot also carries federal, state, county and school board races and judicial retention questions, including one for the judge of the Herriman Municipal Justice Court 3. The county council canvasses the returns and declares the result at its meeting on Nov. 17, which the notice schedules for 4 p.m. 1. The period for contesting the bond election ends 40 days after that date 1.