Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson and Utah Assistant Attorney General Thom Roberts said they had not received the complaints Monday afternoon and could not comment on any alleged violations of the law.

At UVSC, the campaign sign was removed. The college is officially neutral on political issues, college spokesman Chris Taylor said.

The two school district employees who posted the sign were not on duty, Mortensen said, and the law protects their First Amendment rights of free speech. Their mistake was in using the school district vehicles, she said, and the transportation department will be reimbursed the milage.

The district by law has to provide information to the public about proposed bond projects. But the ballot illustration in an employee newsletter crossed the line into advocacy, Mortensen said.

"The law says we have to provide rebuttal from the opposition," she said.

As a result, the opposition will be provided by Barbara Petty, another advocate of the creation of an Orem school district. Petty did not return messages from the Deseret Morning News on Monday.

The rebuttal will be sent before the publication of the next newsletter, which comes out after the election.

While the lieutenant governor asked the district to provide the rebuttal, the district decided on its own to reimburse the transportation department, Mortensen said.

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