Marsha Holland has asked a U.S. District Court to suspend her election law lawsuit until April 1, 2020, because the state elections office has agreed to ask the legislature to fix the problem that she complained about.Source: Utah Independent Candidate Suspends Ballot Label Case To Give Legislature a Chance to Solve Problem...
The U.S. Supreme Court ended Monday five years of legal battles by the Utah Republican Party to quash a 2014 election law that allows candidates to qualify for the ballot by collecting signatures and/or through the caucus-convention system.Source: Long legal battles over Utah election law end as U.S. Supreme Court refuses to accept GOP appeal...
Utah elects a state school board from districts. Those elections are non-partisan. A few years ago the law was changed to say those elections are “partisan”, but that law was not specific.Source: Utah Bill for Partisan Elections for State Board of Education...
Order here in case challenging the state’s candidate-selection process. Prior coverage here and here.Source: Cert. Denied in Utah Republican Party v. Cox...
The Utah Republican Party has filed this reply brief, in the U.S. Supreme Court, in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450. The next step will be for the court clerk to set a date for the court to consider whether to hear the case.Source: Utah Republican Party Files Reply Brief in U.S. Supreme Court...
Utah State Senator Curtis Bramble (R-Provo) and Representative Patrice Arent (D-Salt Lake City) have introduced HB 259, which would repeal the straight-ticket device. Senator Bramble has been in the Utah Senate since 2000. Thanks to Steve Goodale for this news.Source: Utah Bill to Eliminate Straight-Ticket Device...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — During a record-setting year for women running for office, candidates around the country raised the question of whether campaign funds can pay for child care for working parents. While federal candidates can use it, states remain divided.Source: Utah joins states considering campaign money for child care...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to deny the Utah Republican Party's petition to hear its case against the state's controversial political candidate nomination law.Source: Utah asks U.S. Supreme Court not to hear lawsuit against candidate nomination law...
Attorneys for Utah state government have filed this brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Utah Republican Party v Cox, 18-450. The state government asks the Court to refuse to hear the case. The issue is whether the Constitution protects a party’s right to decide how to nominate.Source: Utah State Government Asks U.S. Supreme Court Not to Hear Republican Party...
In the unlikely event that one of Utah’s U.S. Senators were to not finish their term in office, the party that they belong to gets to nominate three possible replacements, with the final choice up to the governor. One Utah lawmaker says the legislature should play a role in picking a replacement.Source: Lawmaker says Legislature, not political parties, should pick...
