With election officials under tight ballot printing deadlines anxiously awaiting her decision, a judge expects to issue a ruling sometime Wednesday evening in a lawsuit asking her to block a controversial proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the Nov.
In July, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that the GOP overstepped its bounds by undoing the ban on political gerrymandering. Lawmakers responded by holding a special session in August to add a measure to November’s ballot to ask voters to grant them a power that the state’s top court held they did not have.
The lawsuit urging a judge to throw out the ballot language of a proposed constitutional amendment to cement the Utah Legislature’s authority to change or repeal any ballot initiative could cause an unprecedented wrinkle ahead of the Nov.
At stake is whether or not voters will get to decide the fate of an amendment to the Utah Constitution on the sanctity of citizen-led initiatives for future elections.
The amendment in question would change the Utah Constitution to grant the Legislature the power to repeal or amend any ballot initiative.
The Utah Debate Commission has announced a slate of seven debates for statewide and congressional offices in the Beehive State.
The lineup for the gubernatorial debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election is set. Three candidates — Republican incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox, Democrat Rep. Brian King, and Libertarian Robert Latham — have qualified to participate in a debate hosted by the Utah Debate Commission on Wednesday at 6 p.
The Federal Election Commission has approved a draft opinion submitted by Senate candidate Caroline Gleich seeking to clarify campaign finance law for full-time content creators.
Armed with an Aggie-blue blazer, Democratic Senate candidate Caroline Gleich approached the line for Utah State's famed mint ice cream with an ambitious goal: motivate college students to cast a ballot.
Government watchdog groups are asking a judge to remove from the Utah ballot a measure that would give lawmakers more power over citizen initiatives.