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Clinton, Trump tied nationally with one week to go. White nationalist hits McMullin with offensive robocalls in Utah. Poll: Love 12 points ahead of Owens.

Happy Tuesday. One week to go, folks, and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are essentially tied in the latest national poll, which finds Clinton backers slipping behind in enthusiasm even as the Democrat has an edge in early voting. The tracking poll finds little shift in Clinton's overall support following news of the FBI's renewed look at Clinton e-mails, but strong enthusiasm among her supporters fell behind Trump in combined Saturday and Sunday interviews. [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/01/post-abc-tracking-poll-clinton-falls-behind-trump-in-enthusiasm-but-has-edge-in-early-voting/?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_tracking-poll-740a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory">WaPost</a>]

<strong>Topping the news: </strong>The self-described white nationalist leader of the American Freedom Party paid for automated calls to go out to almost 200,000 Utah homes early this week calling Evan McMullin a supporter of illegal immigrants and a closet homosexual, topping it off with a reminder to vote for Donald Trump. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528119-155/white-nationalist-slams-mcmullin-and-backs"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666083/White-supremacist-questions-McMullins-sexuality-in-calls-to-Utah-voters.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/10/31/utahns-receive-robocalls-urging-them-not-to-vote-for-3rd-party-candidate-evan-mcmullin/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/robocalls-aimed-at-evan-mcmullin"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11302-">UtahPolicy</a>] The Trump campaign has denounced the calls. [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/donald-trump-evan-mcmullin-robocall/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]

-> A Tribune-Hinckley Institute poll finds Democrat Doug Owens 12 points behind Rep. Mia Love, 38 to 50 percent. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528865-155/new-salt-lake-tribune-poll-shows?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> The Orrin G. Hatch Foundation plans to raise money for a Hatch Center in Utah that houses the archives of his legislative work and champions bipartisan solutions to national problems. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528237-155/hatch-supporters-raising-money-to-build"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/orrin-hatch-foundation-230555"; target="_blank">Politico</a>]

<strong>Tweets of the day: </strong>From @<a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">SpencerJCox</a>: "I think the trick-or-treaters really appreciated the 2016 Voter Information Pamphlets I handed out."

From @<a href="https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy"; target="_blank">aedwardslevy</a>: "If only there was some sort of term to describe a bunch of Russian things so closely related they're practically nesting in one another."

From @<a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer"; target="_blank">AdamSerwer</a>: "American elections being decided by which candidate has better cultivated the favor of the rank and file of federal intel agencies. Cool."

<strong>Happy Birthday: </strong>to our friend Peter Urban.

<strong>In other news: </strong>An anti-Trump group filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Jason Chaffetz Monday for incorrectly declaring Hillary Clinton's email case "reopened" in a tweet and jeopardizing the FBI by using the information to campaign against Clinton. [<a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/ethics-complaint-filed-against-chaffetz-over-twitter-comment/article_896a2582-ae12-5ae8-ac3b-21c92a180fb7.html"; target="_blank">Herald</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/chaffetz-ethics-complaint"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/10/31/anti-trump-group-files-ethics-complaint-against-chaffetz/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666097/Chaffetz-at-center-of-controversy-over-FBI-directors-letter-about-Clinton-emails.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]

-> Democratic consultant James Carville says Chaffetz is trying to hijack the election. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11303-">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> Bryan Schott offers five things you need to know in the final week of the campaign. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11306-">UtahPolicy</a>]

 

-> Protestors filled the lobby of a downtown Salt Lake City Wells Fargo Monday morning in symbolic support of Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, who they say are being roughed up by police for peacefully protesting an infringement on Native American land. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528053-155/utah-activists-stand-in-solidarity-with"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666098/Solidarity-with-Standing-Rock-8-arrested-as-protest-of-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-reaches-Utah.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>] [<a href="http://fox13now.com/2016/10/31/dakota-access-pipeline-demonstrators-enter-wells-fargo-center-in-salt-lake-city/"; target="_blank">Fox13</a>] [<a href="http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/dakota-pipeline-protests-moves-to-downtown-salt-lake-city"; target="_blank">ABC4</a>] [<a href="http://kutv.com/news/local/north-dakota-access-pipeline-protest-in-downtown-salt-lake"; target="_blank">KUTV</a>] [<a href="http://kuer.org/post/protesters-slc-condemn-dakota-access-pipeline-eight-arrested#stream/0"; target="_blank">KUER</a>]

-> Lawyers for ex-Attorney General John Swallow have asked a judge to dismiss three counts of bribery against Swallow because of a summer Supreme Court case that limited the definition of the term. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528246-155/former-utah-attorney-general-john-swallow"; target="_blank">Trib</a>] [<a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865666047/Ex-AG-John-Swallow-asks-judge-to-drop-bribery-charges-against-him.html"; target="_blank">DNews</a>]

-> Lee Davidson breaks down how Utah legislative candidates spent a combined $2 million on this year, from donations to gym memberships. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4514138-155/utah-legislative-candidates-spend-in-surprising?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Utah voters are taking their time to mail back their ballots, which state elections officials say will cause delays on election day. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528406-155/utah-voters-in-no-hurry-to"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Utahns depending on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance fear for the future of their coverage as it hangs on the outcome of the presidential election. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4465426-155/utahns-unsure-of-future-of-insurance?page=1"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

<span style="line-height: 1.5;">-> Utah's uninsured children rate has gone down, but it still pales in comparison to the national average without Medicaid expansion. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4527197-155/fewer-utah-children-uninsured-in-2015"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]</span>

-> Utah Republicans are not backing a Democrat-turned-Republican candidate this time around. [<a href="http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/11307-">UtahPolicy</a>]

-> The nonprofit group Utah Open Lands has its fingers crossed that the Salt Lake County Council will OK a $250,000 grant on Tuesday that would top off the group's fundraising to preserve an owl habitat in Emigration Canyon. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4527371-155/clock-is-ticking-on-emigration-canyons"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> The going rate for the average Salt Lake County home is now 7 percent higher than the pre-housing market crash price. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/4528526-155/salt-lake-county-home-prices-reach"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

-> Pat Bagley hits FBI Director James Comey for making a fuss of new Hillary Clinton emails before determining if they matter. [<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4528831-155/bagley-cartoon-comey-comes-clean"; target="_blank">Trib</a>]

<strong>Nationally:</strong> Tax documents given to The New York Times show Donald Trump benefiting from a sketchy tax strategy in the early 1990s that allowed him to avoid paying taxes on big debt by swapping it out for stock value or partnership equity. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/donald-trump-tax.html?ref=politics&_r=0"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>]

-> Clinton supporters pressure FBI Director James Comey to release the inconclusive results of a bureau investigation of Trump's ties to Russia to mirror Comey's vague and incomplete announcement of an extended probe into Hillary Clinton's private email on Friday. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html"; target="_blank">NYTimes</a>] [<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-clinton-ad-revisits-famous-daisy-ad-as-democrats-try-to-move-past-damaging-fbi-news/2016/10/31/294a9be0-9f6f-11e6-a44d-cc2898cfab06_story.html"; target="_blank">WaPost</a>] [<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/31/politics/hillary-clinton-fbi-james-comey/index.html"; target="_blank">CNN</a>]

-> CNN dropped DNC acting chair, Donna Brazile, after it was revealed she leaked questions for a town hall event to the Clinton campaign. [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/donna-brazile-wikileaks-cnn.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news">NYTimes</a>]

<strong>Where are they?</strong>

<ul>

<li>Gov. Gary <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/GovHerbert"; target="_blank">Herbert</a></strong> swings by a UVU-NGA civic engagement event and a law enforcement multicultural affairs meeting.</li>

<li>Lt. Gov. Spencer <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerJCox"; target="_blank">Cox</a></strong> hits a multicultural commission and a Leonardo Exhibit discussion before greeting students from University Francisco Marroquin at the Capitol.</li>

<li>State Auditor John <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/FrugalDougall"; target="_blank">Dougall</a> </strong>visits with Alpine School District, speaks to a 5th grade class taking a fieldtrip to the Capitol and meets with the Attorney General's office.</li>

<li>President Barack <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama"; target="_blank">Obama</a> </strong>heads to Columbus, Ohio, to campaign for Hillary Clinton.</li>

</ul>

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