Why This Campaign?

Real Elections – A Duty That We Owe To Each Other

My name is David R. Gillie. I am running to become your next County Clerk in January, and am asking for your vote this November.

In coming posts, I intend to share some of my thoughts on the often overlooked, but vital, role of the County Clerk in sustaining republican self-government.

For now, let me touch on a central duty of the Clerk that has been foremost in my mind since I retired to this valley 4 years ago - his duty with regard to elections and election integrity.

Properly understood, the Clerk is only an enabler in a duty that we as citizens all owe to each other. That duty is to conduct open, honest elections at stated times, in stated places, on principles that have received our common consent because they reflect respect for ourselves and each other and inspire confidence in ourselves and each other as citizens. REAL ELECTIONS are something that REAL CITIZENS owe to and expect of each other. In coming weeks, I will share some ideas on how, as your County Clerk, I can enable our more faithful fulfillment of this vital civic duty together.

 

 

Immediately following David Palmer’s interview, Corbin Allen of Logan’s Herald Journal conducted a similar interview of Mr. Gillie. Some of the content of this interview informed Allen’s Sunday 29 September Candidate Profile of Gillie (https://www.hjnews.com/news/local/candidate-profile-david-r-gillie-aims-to-be-repository-of-truth-if-elected-as-clerk/article_8fb3b3c8-7c4b-11ef-9246-c3e7946d0110.html) in the Herald Journal.

Watch the Herald Journal interview here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ux8P6krx10

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ux8P6krx10&t=139s

David Palmer and I had a great discussion of my candidacy for Cache County Clerk, my thoughts on the role of the County Clerk as administrator of elections and as repository of truths vital to the functions of self-government, and how I envision leading citizens of the County and State on the journey back to REAL ELECTIONS.

We had a great exchange at the League of Women Voters Meet the Candidates Night at Logan’s First Presbyterian Church, where Moderator Tom Williams of Utah Public Radio put questions from the audience, remote viewers, and the League of Women Voters to candidates for Cache County Clerk and Council. Our focus here is on Cache County Clerk candidates David R. Gillie (unaffiliated) and Bryson Behm (Republican).

View the 28 AUG Fundraiser dinner thrown on 28 AUG at Providence’s Old Rock Church by the venue’s owner, Ralph Call, Alan Lower of Lower Family Foods, and Dr. Scott N. Bradley.  Mr. Gillie and Dr. Scott N. Bradley made a powerful case for Utahns undertaking the arduous journey back to REAL ELECTIONS worthy of REAL CITIZENS.

 

Meet the Candidate Question Submission

Submit your proposed question for the August 26th Meet the Candidates Night for Cache County Council and Utah State Legislature/Senate candidates hosted by the Cache Valley League of Women Voters. Questions will be collected and chosen by the leadership committee for use at the event.

David R. Gillie … In the News