|caprtot CLOAKROOM : By CLIFF although none have been sent to the floor of either house for de- THOMPSON _ Standard- Examiner. Staff SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’sS| bate. {legislators are confronted with There is a possibility this, as well as congressional redistricta special election next fall if ing, will end up in a joint Senate-House conference committhey fail to put together a re- tee. apportionment measure accept- | - the strong possibility of facing lable to the federal courts. Gov. Calvin L. : Rampton) raised the possibility of a spe-| cial election for legislators next | fall in a Weber County speech | Thursday night. | Gov. Rampton said he is sure | the federal courts will reappor- | |tion the Legislature by July 1 {if the Legislature doesn’t do the | job itself in the current session. SERVE TERMS If the legislators do the reapportioning, the governor said, they probably will be allowed to serve out their present terms. | | But if the federal courts do} the reapportioning, Gov. Ramp- | _|ton said he is ‘“‘fearful the terms | ‘lof the legislators will be chop-| -|ped off’ at that time. This, in effect, would leave Utah without a legally elected _|Legislature—a_ situation Gov. Rampton said he could not per-| mit to continue for a very long] period of time. “The state must: have a duly | elected legislature at all times,”’ Gov. Rampton said. This is particularly true in view of the spe-|cial session the governor is con'|sidering calling next year. FALL ELECTION? So, the governor said, if the federal courts void the terms of | the present legislators this sum-| | mer, a special election would| have to be called next fall to| elect a new Legislature. The governarsat Tim AdOLS g ke Q3LN3WNDO0 BNO _ B—Section eos ~ Governo or to Call ~ Special Election? | rit OGDEN, Standard-£, UTAH FRIDAY EVENING FEBRUARY1