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Linda R. Adams, retired, Salt Lake City
Roi Agneta, web developer, Park City
C. Edwin Alter, retired, Salt Lake City
Robert M. Anderson, attorney, Salt Lake City
Ryan Anderson, educator, Castle Valley
Joseph Andrade, professor, U of U, Salt Lake City
Robert Archuleta, Citizens’ Counsel, retired teacher and administrator, Salt Lake City
Vik Arnold, educator, lobbyist, activist, Farmington
Pete Ashdown, business owner, Salt Lake City
Genevieve Atwood, Citizens’ Counsel, former Republican representative, Salt Lake City
Martha Hales Ball, former director Utah 3Rs project (Rights, Responsibilities, Respect), Salt Lake City
Marcy Barlow, educator, Farmington
Cathleen C. Baugh, homemaker, Orem
Steven C. Baugh, university professor, Orem
Beth Q. Beck, retired education administrator and past president UEA, Bountiful
Jason Bell, surgical technologist, Provo
Carol Bellmon, Utah Administrator of the Year, 2008, former mayor of Sunset, Layton
John Bennion, educational consultant, Salt Lake City
Tom R. Birch, semi-retired civil engineer and land surveyor, Monroe
Mary Bishop, Salt Lake County regional director, Fair Boundaries, Salt Lake City
Nelda Bishop, attorney, Bountiful
Jay Blain, educator and past president of the Granite Educations Association, West Valley
Rick Bolin, Ogden, retired Sr. intelligence officer, Hill AFB
Shauna Bona, parent, citizen, and small business owner, Salt Lake City
Elaine Bonavita, chair, Right to Vote Committee, Sevier County, Salina
Don Bosch, retired state tax commission employee, Bountiful
Michael Boyle, utility manager, Park City
Dallas Bradford, retired manager accounting firm, Bountiful
Gigi Brandt, past president League of Women Voters, Salt Lake City
Joel K. Briscoe, former president SLC Board of Education, teacher, Salt Lake City
Ray Briscoe, research analyst, Bountiful
Laurel O. Brown, community volunteer, member Utah State Board of Education, Murray
Larry Brown, community activist, Provo
Chris Burningham, adviser U of U, Clinton
Dee S. Burningham, educator and lobbyist, Bountiful
Kim R. Burningham, former Republican state legislator, Bountiful
Susan C. Burningham, homemaker, manager retail sales, Bountiful
Susi U. Burningham, medical assistant, Clinton
Tamalyn Calder, concerned citizen, Garden City
Janet A. Cannon, member Utah State Board of Education (non-partisan), Holladay
Barbara Carrier, retired realtor, Salt Lake City
David Carrier, professor of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Angie Carter, adjunct faculty UVU and homemaker, Provo
Leslie Brooks Castle, member Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City
Dolores Chase, former gallery owner, Salt Lake City
Carl Christensen, professor retired, California State University System, Provo
James Clayton, professor emeritus, U of U, Salt Lake City
Gregory Clark, teacher, Provo
Linda Rae Clark, community activist, Provo
Aileen H. Clyde, Citizens Counsel, former vice chair, Utah State Board of Regents, Springville
Dean Collinwood, professor, Bountiful
Patrick Commiskey, People’s Market supporter, Salt Lake City
Vaughn R. Cook, concerned citizen, Provo
Catherine Cooper, paramedic IHC, Woods Cross
Beverley Cooper, community activist and writer, Salt Lake City
Nancy Cooper, executive, Bountiful
Julie C. Cummings, retired psychologist, Salt Lake City
Richard J. Cummings, professor emeritus, U of U, Salt Lake City
Denise Dalton, controller, Zenger Folkman Company, Provo
Marguerite J. Danielson, retired legal secretary, Midvale
Ralph J. Danielson, retired IBM employee, Midvale
Becky Davidson, former elementary school teacher, homemaker, Holladay
Lynn Davidson, real estate developer, Holladay
Dawn Davies, resident, Cottonwood Heights
Craig Dennis, former publisher Daily Herald, Provo
C. Brooklyn Derr, professor emeritus, BYU and U of U, Alpine
Jill Mulvay Derr, historian, Alpine
Bonnie Despain, retired educator, Cottonwood Heights
James R. Despain, LCSW retired social worker, Cottonwood Heights
Gale Dick, Citizens Counsel, professor emeritus, Physics, U of U, Salt Lake City
Cassie Dippo, former lobbyist Common Cause, Salt Lake City
Terrell Harris Dougan, author and community volunteer, Salt Lake City
Lorelei Draper, homemaker, Delta
Ronald Draper, president Millard School Board, Delta
Charles Dubenezic, retired university professor, Eden
Nancy Dubenezic, retired health specialist, Eden
Jill Duke, concerned citizen, South Jordan
Linda P. Dunn, director Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, Salt Lake City
R.G. Willis, retired dentist, Salt lake City
Murray Ennenga, working class, Bountiful
Liz Ence, small business owner, Cottonwood Heights
Rob Ence, state director for Utah, AARP, Cottonwood Heights
Talmage Ence, medical products sales manager, Salt Lake City
Breck England, business consultant, Bountiful
Anne Erickson, vice president (retired) Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City
Colleen Farmer, assistant professor Biology, U of U, Salt Lake City
Carol M. Fay, community volunteer, Salt lake City
Russell C. Fericks, lawyer, Salt Lake City
Bonnie Fernandes, resident, West Jordan
Scott Ellis Ferrin, Associate Professor, Adjunct Professor Law, BYU, Provo
Kate Fielder, communications professional, Park City
Garl Fink, retired, Salt Lake City
Kristie Fink, educator, Salt Lake City
Irene S. Fisher, Citizens Counsel, founding director of the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, Salt Lake City
Mike Forste, public school teacher, Provo
Renate Forste, university professor, Provo
Jeff Fox, educator, Provo
Stacey Frampton, nurse practitioner, Ogden
Leslie Francis, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy, U of U, Salt Lake City
Kathryn French, professor Psychology, member Peace and Justice Studies Executive Committee, UVU, Pleasant Grove
Shanna Futral, education grant facilitator and evaluator, Layton
Pat Gamble-Hovey, retired clinical social worker, Salt Lake City
Kamie Hubbard, small business owner, PTA Board member, Hooper
Brian Garrett, software engineer, Salt Lake City
Teresa Garrett, registered nurse, health professional, Salt Lake City
Claire Geddes, citizen advocate, Cottonwood Heights
William Gillespie, civics educator and guidance counselor, Provo
Dave Glissmeyer, founder ProTel Networks, Salt Lake City
Tom Goldsmith, Reverend, Unitarian Church, Salt Lake City
Gail Goodwin, concerned citizen, Sandy
Peter Grundfossen, former Democratic state representative, former deputy director of
Utah Department of Community and Economic Development, Salt Lake City
Gary R. Guelker, Republican state delegate, Salt Lake City
Barb Guy, freelance writer, Salt Lake City
Nancy N. Haanstad, associate professor Political Science, Salt Lake City
Karen Hale, former Democratic state senator, Salt Lake City
Kay Hall, small business office worker, Bountiful
Ruby Hammel, legislative chair Utah Retired School Employees Assn., Cottonwood Heights
Kate Handley, retired piano teacher, Salt Lake City
Kenneth Handley, retired attorney, Salt Lake City
Jeff Hatch, Salt Lake County Auditor, Salt Lake City
Harlan Hatfield, lawyer, Provo
Marilyn Hatfield, retired pubic school teacher, Provo
RaDene Hatfield, CEO Little Heroes Foundation, Inc., Provo
Delanie Hathaway, past president Utah School Boards Association, Nephi
Todd Hathaway, concerned citizen, Nephi
Alan B. Hayes, senior data architect, IHC, Salt Lake City
Laura Henderson, paralegal, Salt Lake City
Moe Hickey, consultant, Park City
Claralyn Hill, attorney, Provo
Jean Welch Hill, attorney, Salt Lake City
Ned C. Hill, former dean School of Management, now professor of finance and board member of one of nation’s largest banking institutions, Provo
David Hogue, former Republican state representative, Riverton
K. B. Hom, Community advocate, Asian/Pacific Islander Communities, Salt Lake City
Linda Houskeeper, former Republican county delegate, and state central committee member, Orem
Dixie Snow Huefner, emerita professor, U of U, Salt Lake City
Gil Iker, retired colonel, Special Forces, U.S. Army, retired business executive, Salt Lake City
David Irvine, attorney, former Republican legislator, Bountiful
Richard Jackson, university professor, Orem
Dennis R. James, attorney, Salt Lake City
Craig Janis, law student at BYU, Provo
Boyer Jarvis, Citizens Counsel, retired Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, U of U, Salt Lake City
Donald K. Jarvis, retired BYU administrator and professor, Provo
Janelle J. Jarvis, homemaker, Provo
Cora Jckowski, retired principal, West Jordan
Brian Jenkins, small business owner, Park City
Doug Jensen, healthcare work, Murray
Mark A. Jensen, business owner/designer, Pleasant Grove
Tracy Jensen, school teacher, Murray
Janet I. Jenson, attorney, Salt Lake City
Craig Johnson, software developer, Draper
Lisa Johnson, community advocate, Draper
Kaaron Jorgen, school board president, Canyon County Partnership executive officer, Moab
Rod O. Julander, professor emeritus, Weber State U, former Democratic state senator, Salt Lake City
Paula Julander, former Democratic state senator, Salt Lake City
Lucile Kimball, homemaker, Highland
Stanley Kimball, financial planner, Highland
Lucinda Kindred, partner, Vanguard Media Group, Salt Lake City
Louise T. Knauer, attorney, Salt Lake City
Marilyn Kofford, business woman and child advocate, Alpine
Susan Koles, non-profit sector institutional advancement executive/consultant, Salt Lake City
Betty Kraja, concerned citizen, Layton
Steven O. Laing, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Brigham City
Glen Lambert, licensed mental health therapist, clinical professor U of U, former director of Odyssey House, Salt Lake City
Derek Langton, attorney, Salt Lake City
Holly Langton, community activist, Salt Lake City
Elise Lazar, former chair of Salt Lake mayor’s Green Team, Salt Lake City’
Alene Loughner, concerned senior citizen, West Jordan
Tom Love, partner, Love Communications, Salt Lake City
Slava Lubomudrov, associate professor emeritus, U of U, Ivins
Piper Manesse, stay-at-home mom and retired Army Reserve soldier, Spanish Fork
Mark Marsh, concerned citizen, Coalville
Rochelle R. Martin, small business owner, Heber City
Kena Jo Mathews, non-profit director, Springville
Ed Mayer, concerned citizen, Bountiful
Meg Mayer, concerned citizen, Bountiful
Vickie McCall, realtor, Ogden
Kathleen McConkie, attorney, Bountiful
Bette Jo McLelland, political worker,Provo
Al McLeod, retired, Moab
Scott R. Mecham, law firm chief operating officer, Salt Lake City
Kelvin Meier, concerned citizen, Taylorsville
Sarah R. Meier, former president, Utah School Boards Association, Taylorsville
Jan Miller, retired state employee, Salt Lake City
Robert A. Miller, president, Lorraine Press, Holladay
John W. Milliken, president Milcom, Inc., Salt Lake City
Joanne R. Milner, former Democratic state legislator and Salt Lake City Council member, Salt Lake City
Michael Minch, associate professor of philosophy, UVU, Orem
Joyce Mitchell, biological researcher, U of U, Salt Lake City
Julia J. Moore, sales/account manager for printing company, Park City
William P. Moore, former president Utah School Boards Association, Bountiful
Anthony Morgan, vice president emeritus, U of U, Salt Lake City
Mary Ann Morgan, retired music teacher, Salt Lake City
Denis Morrill, member State Board of Education, Taylorsville
S. Baird Morgan, attorney, Salt Lake City
Gloria Gardner Murdock, educator, Salt Lake City
Linda Murphy, retired, Holladay
Jennifer Neslen, mother and concerned citizen, Koosharem
Merrill Nelson, former Republican member House of Representatives, Tooele
Daniel G. Newell, businessman, Draper
L. Jackson Newell, professor emeritus, U of U, and president emeritus, Deep Springs College, Salt Lake City
Elaine Nielson, small business co-owner, political volunteer, Salt Lake County
Brittany Noble, teacher, Taylorsville
Mark Noble, corrections officer, Taylorsville
Marilyn O’Dell, retired, Salt Lake City
Albert K. Ogden, retired educator, Stansbury Park
Patrick Ogden, Resident, Salt Lake City
Ruth B. Ohlsen, retired small business owner, Salt Lake City
William Ohlsen, professor emeritus, U of U, Salt Lake City
Sunshine O’Meara, full time caregiver, Kaysville
Starleen Orullian, executive director, Granite Education Association, Salt Lake City
Marlene w. Owens, former Elementary School teacher, Salt Lake City
John E. Pace, architect, Salt Lake City
Rick Palmer, educator, advocate, activist, Ogden
Cherie Park, student, homemaker, Panguitch
George Park, superintendent Garfield School District, Panguitch
Douglas Parker, professor of law, BYU, Provo
Kathryn Paxman, homemaker, Mapleton
Sandy Peck, executive director League of Women Voters, Holladay
Boyd Petersen, faculty member, program coordinator of Mormon Studies, UVU, Provo
Carole E. Peterson, retired chief clerk, Utah House of Representatives
Chase Peterson, Citizens’ Counsel, former president University of Utah, Park City
Georgia Peterson, former Republican legislator, Salt Lake City
Grethe Peterson, Citizens Counsel, retired chair of Utah Endowment for the Humanities, Park City
Cheryl Phipps, child advocate, Clearfield
Vern Phipps, business analyst, community activist, Clearfield
Mark Glade Pincock, Bountiful
Laura Polacheck, attorney, Salt Lake City
Henrietta Prater, producer, Salt Lake City
Jack Redd, former Republican majority leader, Utah House of Representatives, Bountiful
Dale Rice, concerned citizen, Manti
Pat Rice, concerned citizen, Manti
Gina Rieke, retired financial adviser, Taylorsville
J. Bonner Ritchie, professor emeritus, BYU Marriott School; scholar in residence, Utah Valley University, Provo
James Roberts, co-founder of Redirect Relationship Marketing, Salt Lake City
Barbara Robinson, retired, Salt Lake City
Chris Rohrer, citizen, Salt Lake City
Dee Rowland, government liaison, Utah Catholic Diocese, past president League of Women Voters, Salt Lake City
Gloria Ruiz, retired teacher, Provo
Pat Rusk, former UEA president, fourth grade teacher, West Jordan
Greg Sanders, attorney, Salt Lake City
Deb Sawyer, peace activist, Salt Lake City
Gail G. Schimmelpfennig, poet, teacher, and volunteer, Sandy
Carrie Scott, concerned citizen, Bountiful
Luana Searle, executive Utah Association of Elementary School principals, American Fork
Karen Shepherd, former Utah State Senator and Congresswoman, Salt Lake City
Lori Shields, mom, Salt Lake City
LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, former Democratic representative and former co-chair of the House Ethics Committee, Ogden
Mike Silver, statistician, Salt Lake City
Marilyn Simister, former Utah State PTA president, Lindon
Tyler Slack, volunteer citizen, Tooele
William B. Smart, former editor and general manager Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Donna T. Smart, former schoolteacher and former president of the University of Utah Women’s Club, Salt Lake City
Alan Smith, lawyer and citizen, Salt Lake City
Amy Hyde Smith, politically-active mom, Provo
Cynthia Smith, retired, Moab
Stanford Smith, former Republican state legislator, Bountiful
Carmen Snow, past president Utah State PTA, St. George
Karl Snow, professor emeritus Marriott School of Management, former Republican State Senate majority leader, Provo
Phyllis Sorensen, past UEA president, retired educator, American Fork
Richard Southwick, retired university executive and organizational consultant, Ogden
Sherrie Southwick, retired conference planner, Ogden
Bob Springmeyer, 2008 Democratic nominee for Utah governor, Salt Lake City
Frank Steffey, retired, Salt Lake City
Vickie Steffey, LCSW (retired), Holladay
Alice Larkin Steiner, community activist, Salt Lake City
Suzanne S. Stensaas, concerned citizen, Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Stewart, retired forensic psychologist, Salt Lake City
Don A. Stringham, attorney, Salt Lake City
Karl Swan, former state Democratic senator from Tooele, Roy
Kay Thompson Swan, former Democrat candidate, Roy
Debbie Swenson, Democratic candidate for Utah Legislature, 2008, Salem
Sharon Lee Swenson, faculty member, BYU, Salt Lake City
Donna Switzer, retired diplomat, Sandy
Jordan Tanner, former Republican state legislator, Provo
Erika Taylor, community activist, Springville
John Taylor, family physician and Republican precinct chair, Springville
Lucille Taylor, former Democratic member House of Representatives, Spanish Fork
Emma Lou Thayne, Citizens Counsel, poet and educator, Salt Lake City
Paul Thomas, emeritus professor of English, BYU, Provo
Sandy Thomas, politically active homemaker, Provo
Aaron Thompson, paralegal, West Jordan
Paul Thompson, former president, Weber State University, Orem
Brent Thorne, PhD, Richfield
James P. Thorne, former Democratic party delegate, District vice chair, Pleasant Grove
Betsy Thurgood, teacher, Syracuse
David Timmerman, concerned citizen, Bountiful
Gina Timmerman, concerned citizen, Bountiful
Stephen Trimble, writer/photographer and environmental activist, Salt Lake City
Raymond Uno, Citizens Counsel, retired judge 3rd district court, Salt Lake City
Cornelia Nancy von Allmen, member Canyon Rim Citizen’s Association, travel consultant, Salt Lake City
Christy Voss, college counselor Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City
Daniel J. Wadley, attorney, Centerville
KayeLynn Van Wagenen, nurse practitioner, Sandy
Ralph Wakley, retied newspaper/newswire service reporter/editor, Murray
Malcolm Walden, retired federal executive, Tooele
Olene Walker, former governor State of Utah, former Republican state representative, St. George
Marcy Smith West, candidate for Utah State Legislature, Clearfield
Terry E. Welch, vice president, Parr Brown Gee and Loveless, Salt Lake City
Brian Whisenant, cardiologist, Salt Lake City
Eleanor Willhard, tax consultant, Bountiful
Anna B. Williams, clinical assistant emerita, U of U, Salt Lake City
Claudia Williams, social worker, Provo
Gerald Williams, professor emeritus of law, BYU, Provo
Jeannetta Williams, community activist, Salt Lake City
Margaret W. Wilson, retired educator, Salt Lake City
Hal Wolf, professor emeritus, U of U, Salt Lake City
Joan Wolf, professor emerita, U of U, Salt Lake City
Cherry Wong, community activist, Salt Lake City
Tod Young, planning commissioner, Sandy
Anne Zeigler, concerned citizen, Cottonwood Heights
Stephen W. Zsiray, retired school administrator, Logan