(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge has ruled that Utah lawmakers violated voters’ rights by approving congressional maps that split Salt Lake County and favored Republicans. Third District Court Judge Dianna Gibson said the Legislature bypassed the independent redistricting commission created by voters in 2018’s Proposition 4. The ruling […]
(Salt lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers plan to ask voters in November to approve giving legislators the power to revise voter-led ballot initiatives. In a special session yesterday, Republican leaders in the legislature said the proposal is meant to check the power of special interest groups from using ballot […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The group trying to end Utah’s use of vote-by-mail is considering a lawsuit against the state. Secure The Vote is short of the 138-thousand signatures they need by February 15th for the proposed ballot initiative. Members of the group could file a lawsuit, accusing state […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah group wants the state to return to in-person, paper ballot voting, though it could triple the cost of holding elections. The group “Secure Vote Utah” has proposed a return to a voting system that hasn’t been widely used in the state since 1986. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that an initiative measure to keep but ease the state’s dual-path system for nominating candidates for political office won’t appear on the November general election ballot. The Supreme Court ruled Friday on the Count My Vote Initiative, which would […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Organizers of a Utah ballot initiative that would create a new system for drawing the state’s legislative and congressional districts raised $860,000 this year, and have already spent most of it to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot. The most recent financial disclosure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A $500,000 state-funded study, designed to gauge marijuana’s impact on pain, has been delayed so many times due to federal regulations that it might not be ready before Utah voters decide in November whether to pass a medical marijuana ballot initiative. Ivy Estabrooke, executive director […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Opponents of Utah’s medical marijuana ballot initiative are dropping their lawsuit seeking to prevent the question from being put to voters in November. The action by Drug Safe Utah Monday clears the path to placing the initiative on the ballot. Coalition attorney Blake Ostler declined […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An initiative to reform Utah’s nominating system failed to make the ballot after opponents convinced nearly 3,000 people to withdraw their name from a petition in support of the measure, election officials said Tuesday. Initiatives on medical marijuana, redistricting and Medicaid expansion did make the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Opponents of a plan to make it easier for Utah politicians to bypass state party conventions are suing the state’s lieutenant governor and calling for him to be blocked from overseeing the ballot initiative process. The Keep My Voice campaign filed suit Friday calling Spencer […]
