You mean to tell me that there are other things out there for people to vote on BESIDES school vouchers??

Wow!! Who knew???

But if you ask me, ALL voters should be forced to show some sort of ID at the polls. In close elections (which I don't think is the case in the Ogden mayoral race--Godfrey will easily win) it's important to make sure there are no shenanigans going on.

Who do you think is causing the shenanigans?

We should require positive ID of EVERY voter. Only exception might be if the poll worker knows you personally. Which, if precincts are not changed too often might apply to a lot of voters.

But really, how many people leave the home these days without some form of positive ID? Anyone who drives to the polling place ought to have a driver license on them. You can't cash a check without some form of government ID. Many merchants now require ID when using a credit card. But we allow people to march in and vote with nothing more than knowing the name of a registered voter in the area? It is crazy.

Furthermore, we should require proof of citizenship and age in order to register to vote. Break out that birth certificate, passport, or naturalization papers to register. Then have your driver license or other ID handy to actually cast your ballot. It is NOT a burden except to those trying to vote illegally.

Early or absentee voting really should be limited to those who will actually be out of the area on election day or whose work schedules make getting to the polls difficult. I would not prohibit early voting. But it certainly should not be encouraged and pushed the way it is this year, especially in SLCo. There are just too many problems with vote security with large numbers of voters casting ballots early or by mail.

I think it is hilarious that Dorothy is voting for the Ogden Mayoral race. I guess she doesn’t really care about issues in her place of residents in North Ogden. Is it even legal for her to vote in Ogden? I guess we could ask Neil Hanson, she made a sizable donation to his campaign for mayor I’m sure he will know where she should be voting.

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you would know you DO need to show ID!!! instead of just blogging on here and complaining... you stll have 2 hrs...come on... vote!!!!

THis is from Weber Blog Spot, it would do you well to read here first, and see whats happening up here. The little lord godfrey is scared and he is trying every dirty trick he can think of.




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I took a glance at your blog, I think you should change the title of your comments to “so many opinions… here are some more”. Also the name of the forum should be changed from “Weber County Forum” to “We hate Mathew Godfrey”, all I read was a lot of crying and no content. I do agree that a new mayor is in order; however, when I had to make the choice between Godfrey and Van Hooser, Godfrey won my vote. Any candidate that makes an argument that they are qualified to be mayor because she can balance her check book needs to come up with a new argument. It’s too bad that we had such crappy choices for mayor.

I think he did alot of good for the city. Now if he can just do something about our crime (mostly mexicans) that would be great. I would be scared to death to live in the ghetto of Ogden. I would probably get shot, I don't even like to drive down there.

of deceit, scandal, and corruption. Go Godfrey.

Godfrey did for me was kick me out of my house. I was a college student, and apparently in Ogden there is an ordinance that says you can't have more than three unrelated people living in the same house. A bunch of us college students were renting a house together, but we were forced to leave when our landlord's former business manager turned him in for violation of this ordinance. We had never caused a problem in the community. The police were never called to our residence; we were never a public nuisance; we kept the yard looking nice, but we still had to leave. So now Ogden still has all the criminals, but they drove out 6 law-abiding citizens that made a positive contribution to Ogden. Good work Godfrey!!!

I know there are strong emotions when it comes to the once again mayor of Ogden. It is amazing how much noise people make when someone is doing a good job. I think he's a great leader as he is strong enough to get the job done. I know that a majority of the voters agree. My respects go to his family for the tragic loss of his Dad two weeks ago.

EVEN IF YOU DON'T LIKE GODFREY, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT HE HAS GOOD MOMENTUM GOING FOR OGDEN AND VAN HOOSER WOULD HAVE SLOWED IT UP.

WAY TO GO!

[Please don't shout with ALL CAPS.]

Just what we need, this jerk in office for another 4 years, I wonder how deep in debt we'll be in 4 years from now, he's got us pretty far as it is (and the price tag from the Junction isn't even in yet). Oh yeah, and does anyone have a guess as to when the "gondola" project will pop back up, and Mt. Ogden golf course will say goodbye? You guys know that the only reason he pulled away from Chris Peterson & the gondola project, and Maylans Basin resort talk was so he'd get re elected, and he did, and now here it comes, I say before April of 08 it'll be back in full swing, way to go voters, way to put your trust in a crooked untrustworthy politician. Maybe its time to move out of Ogden, because we are in trouble! The power of Shady uh I mean Shadow Valley shows its ugly face again.

It is a shame that the voters do not see Matt Godfrey as he is and for what he has done, rather they see the Mall going up and think Ogden's back to greatness. He's got us into deep debt, he runs a corrupt administration and all his personal pals will benefit and the rest of us will suffer. This latest scandal of rigging the ballot box does not surprise anyone. Susan is down 181 votes and 800 absentee ballots are out there waiting to be counted. Let Ogden finally get rid of this bum. Had everyone showed up to the polls and voted, we wouldn't be worried about our future now. It' just like Florida all over again, voters split and torn apart and dangling chads going to determine our future. Sad, sad, sad !

ID alone proves only who you are, not where you live. If they really want to curb the accusations about where one lives, ask for photo id AND a current utility bill, bank statement, etc. And when I say current, I mean within the past month.

When my wife and I voted, we had to complete a provisional ballot because I hadn't changed my address with voter registration (We still live in the same town but different precinct). We had to show our id's and another form of proof of residency.

wow go to south ogden and u see an awful lot of godfrey signs hmmmm though that was not allowed oh well ogden will fall further and further into tthe slums

I am so glad that Mayor Godfrey won the election - REALLY GREAT THINGS are in store for Ogden!!

Even if he wins after all the absentee and provisional ballots are accounted for. I would say based on the voting results he only has slightly better than a 50% approval rating. The people that oppose him will be watching him closely and it will not take much to tip the scales strongly in there favor. In order to keep his preciuos little position he is going to have to act with higher morals and cross all the t's and dot his i's. If he steps out of line (and he will) his oposition will be right there to challenge him, and he will not serve his full four years.

I can not see how or why Godfrey is back in office. Do the people of Ogden not keep track of how many Law Suits the City is in over their controversial arm twisting techniques to get things done their way. I know of 3 law suits filed just on 25th street. All were settled, and not in Ogden’s favor. How many millions of dollars were spent on attorneys. This could have been spent on Ogden's Gang problem.

The best thing about Ogden is the Interstate that passes thru. Just do not have to stop there.

ok an eye opener for everyone one this blog who thinks godfrey is an angel. 2001 before the olympics godfrey had the ampetheater built and he just had to have fancey seats for them so he purchased them. well one the he forgot was councile approval. so they had to take from the fire department and the police department to fund these stupid worthless bleachers. skip ahead to january 28th 2002 one of the worst snow storms in awhile. a fire breaks out at my house 15 minutes for the first fire truck to arrive and when it did it was broke down and could not pump water it took another 15 minutes to get a second one there. the fire department investigated it and found that a lack of funding was the reason for the truck not working. so where does the blame go?????

I've lived in Davis Co. my whole life, and up until a few years ago Ogden has been the armpit of Northern Utah. That isn't in reference to the people, but the entire city has been allowed to get extremely run down, dirty, crime ridden, etc. I went to Weber for four years, and loved it. I think Ogden has some great parts in it as well. My point is, I have seen vast improvements over the last few years. Clearly many in Ogden don't like the Mayor, and this isn't an endorsement of him, but from an outsiders perspective, Ogden looks better today than it has in the last 25 years. So, take that for what its worth.

Do ya think she is a Member? What a biased, crazy person. Lets run her out.

It's going to be a long weekend for the little guy, worrying about the opposition, the real vote count, the criminals, losing his job and his water pipes breaking, but at least we have the air tunnel. Just remember that Gloria is counting your votes and remember what you did to her. Sleep well young one.