05 Jan

On the day he became Utah’s senior senator, Republican Mike Lee turned to Facebook to urge Gov. Gary Herbert to abandon his support of SB54, the state’s dual-track election law that allows candidates to reach a party’s primary election by gathering signatures.Source: Sen. Mike Lee urges Utah governor to drop state defense of 'unconstitutional’ law that both Lee and Gov....

19:34 / ballot access / convention / parties / Utah / vblog / y class
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14 Dec

It took Christine Stenquist years to find something to take the edge off of her chronic pain. Bedridden for a decade and a half after a massive seizure, she suffered from nausea triggered by pain medication that also gave her depression and insomnia.Source: Utah voters passed a bill legalizing medical marijuana. The Mormon church helped derail it....

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12 Dec

The U.S. Supreme Court had asked the Utah government to respond by January 2, in Utah Republican Party v Cox.  This is the case over whether the First Amendment freedom of association clause protects a party’s right to decide for itself how it nominates.Source: Utah Government Asks U.S. Supreme Court for More Time to Respond to Republican Case...

22:25 / ballot access / parties / Utah / vblog / y class
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12 Dec

Final Utah election returns show that Proposition Four, setting up an independent redistricting commission for U.S. House and state legislative boundaries, passed with 50.3% of the vote.  The final tally is:  yes 512,218; no 505,274. The measure failed in 25 of Utah’s 29 counties.Source: Utah Initiative for Nonpartisan Redistricting Passed, Even Though it Lost in 25 of Utah’s 29 Counties...

22:25 / 2018 / Gerrymandering / initiative / Redistricting / states / Utah / vblog / y class
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16 Nov

Ben McAdams reversed a string of bad news on Thursday, opening his lead a bit in the too-close-to-call 4th Congressional District to more than 1,000 votes after the Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office updated its numbers.Source: Ben McAdams gets some much-needed help from Thursday’s vote update in Salt Lake County, now leads by 1,002 votes...

21:02 / 2018 / absentee / election administration / states / Utah / vblog / y class
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11 Sep

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Mia Love has informed the Federal Election Commission that she will return or redirect hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds that she raised for a primary election that didn't happen.Source: Rep. Mia Love to return, redesignate $380K raised for primary election...

18:50 / 2018 / Campaign Finance / FEC / primaries / states / Utah / vblog
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12 Mar

Imagine this year’s ballot with no Utah candidates listed as Republicans. Or, alternatively, the ballot listing only those Republicans who gathered signatures, while others who went through the GOP convention are shut out.Source: No Republican candidates on the Utah ballot this year? It’s a possibility after planned fix falters....

04:39 / 2018 / ballot access / Election Law / parties / Utah / vblog / yclass
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20 Feb

On February 8, the Utah House defeated HB 68 by 34-37. It would have given parties the right to exclude anyone from running in their primaries who did not show substantial support at a party meeting.Source: Utah Bill, Giving Parties Right to Confine Primary Ballot Only to Candidates with Support at a Party Meeting, Loses...

04:16 / ballot access / parties / Utah / vblog / y class
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