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The Republican majority in the Utah Legislature voted to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would give them power to veto or alter voter-approved ballot measures.
Utah’s highest court issued rulings that essentially upheld the results of two contested Republican primaries.
Republican attorneys general pose an ongoing threat to democracy as they continue their attempts to weaken the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and more.
A federal judge rejected a request from a GOP primary candidate for Utah 2nd Congressional District, Colby Jenkins, who sought to halt today’s certification of the state’s election results and require certain counties to accept mail-in ballots he alleged were wrongfully excluded from the vote total.
The Utah Supreme Court revived a claim from advocacy organizations and voters alleging that the GOP-controlled state legislature violated the state constitution when it repealed a 2018 voter-approved anti-gerrymandering initiative.
On Friday, Feb. 17, the Utah House passed House Bill 422, a bill that would raise the threshold to enact a ballot measure from 50% to 60% if the measure increases taxes.
On Tuesday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed numerous new bills into law, including one focused on “election security.”
On March 17, a lawsuit was filed against Utah’s new congressional map passed after the release of 2020 census data.
Utah Republicans have introduced a bill that touches on several different parts of the voting process, limiting options for Utahns and reversing the state’s longstanding mail-in voting policy.
Today, the Utah Legislature approved a new congressional map, raising complaints that the Legislature ignored the input of an independent commission.
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