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So there was this election thing Tuesday. Now, we figure out what it meant.
— UTA should change its structure to restore voter confidence — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
" ... Assuming the small vote margin holds and Proposition 1 loses in Salt Lake County, it will be universally blamed on voters' unwillingness to give UTA any more money. There was no funded opposition to Proposition 1, and proponents raised more than $675,000, but it still looks like it will fail in Salt Lake and Utah counties, the two biggest in which UTA operates.
"The lesson of the election is that mere personnel changes are not going to restore confidence in Utah's largest and most important transit agency. This is going to take a change in governance structure. Specifically, UTA needs more accountability to voters. ..."
— Prop 1: Voters ensure a brighter future in Weber, Davis counties — Ogden Standard-Examiner Editorial
"A majority of voters in Weber and Davis counties made the right choice Tuesday when they approved Proposition 1, a quarter-cent sales tax — levied on all purchases except groceries — to fund county road projects, including sidewalks, walking and bicycle paths, and mass transit. ..."
— Salt Lake City—Which Is Still in Utah—May Have Just Elected an Openly Gay Mayor — Elliot Hannon | Slate
— An apparent changing of the guard in the mayor's office — Deseret News Editorial
"Off-year elections don't typically get the same attention as general elections with high-profile statewide and federal offices at stake, and that's too bad, because it's in these local races that we fill positions that have the most immediate impact on our communities. They are also elections in which individual votes are most likely to make a difference, and very often they do.
"On Tuesday, we saw a notable departure from that pattern in Salt Lake City, where an energetic campaign for mayor and a proposition to raise sales taxes resulted in a record turnout. ..."
— It's never too soon to play Wednesday-morning quarterback — Provo Daily Herald Editorial
" ... Utah County is not as homogenous as many would have you believe. ..."
Folks were voting in other places, too:
— Tuesday's election and the two Americas — E.J. Dionne | The Washington Post
" ... The one large lesson from Tuesday is that the red parts of the country are getting even redder while the blue and some of the purple parts get bluer. We are still two Americas."
— In Houston, Hate Trumped Fairness — New York Times Editorial
"Sometime in the near future, a transgender teenager in Texas will attempt suicide — and maybe succeed — because vilifying people for their gender identity remains politically acceptable in America. ..."
— This week's elections in Kentucky and Virginia reveal the Democratic Party's peril — Matthew Yglesias | Vox
" ... The root cause of the rot is something progressives generally know deep down but are reluctant to admit. The Blue Team in American politics, the one whose leader sits in the White House and used to be a community organizer, has gotten routinely out-organized by conservatives, who inhabit denser, more meaningful social networks and exhibit concurrent greater political awareness and commitment. ..."