(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah voters are deciding two proposed constitutional amendments. Amendment A would change how proposed amendments are publicly noticed, replacing the newspaper-publication requirement with notices on government websites for 60 days. Judicial retention questions also appear statewide, including Supreme Court Justice Jill Pohlman and six Court […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court has voided Amendment D, criticizing the legislature for misleading ballot language that concealed its broad authority to amend or repeal citizen initiatives. The unanimous ruling highlighted the legislature’s failure to publish required public notices in local newspapers. Senate President J. Stuart […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A proposed constitutional amendment to remove the provision that income tax revenue be used for public education is officially voided from Utah’s November General Election ballot. A district court judge says lawmakers failed to publish the amendment text in newspapers for two months prior to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The deadline is this week for the state to know if a proposed Amendment D will be on the ballot in November. The amendment, if passed, would change the state constitution by granting the legislature authority to repeal or amend any ballot initiative. A legal […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Critics of Utah’s proposed Constitutional Amendment D on citizen-led ballot initiatives say the wording of the question that will be on the ballots this fall is misleading. The text was provided by Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz and Senate President Stuart Adams. That wording was […]
