Utah town forgot to hold city elections

Doug Stanglin | USA TODAY

There was no election for mayor and city council in Wallsburg, Utah, this month because the person in charge of elections forgot about it, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Statewide elections were held on Nov. 5, but the new recorder in Wallsburg forgot to announce the opening of the filing period or arrange to hold an election.

The leaders of the town of 275 people realized the mistake just before Election Day, but it was too late to put together a slate of candidates and hold the balloting, the newspaper says.

"Wallsburg never advertised or prepared for an election this year, so no one signed up," Wasatch County Clerk Brent Titcomb tells The Tribune. "They're going to have to appoint the current mayor and council for two more years and they'll advertise and have people elected [in 2015]."

That will hardly be new for the current council. They were all appointed in 2011 when, you guessed it, town officials two years ago also forgot to hold elections.

Wallsburg is about 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.