The end of voting by mail in Utah? Lawmakers advance two controversial election reform bills.
Two controversial election reform bills crammed into one committee hearing passed Tuesday amid concerns from local elections officials.
Utah lawmakers advance bills to limit voting by mail, leave voter roll group ERIC
Utah hasn’t been the typical deep red state when it comes to voting by mail. It’s been an outlier from Republican-controlled states that in recent years have looked to limit mail-in voting, as state leaders here have generally supported its universal vote-by-mail system that remains popular with most Utah voters.
Lawmakers advance two controversial election reform bills
There’s lots of options for the lieutenant governor to clean up our voter rolls,” House Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee told her colleagues of her bill to end Utah’s use of ERIC.
A lawmaker wants to make state election oversight less controversial. Will it backfire?
One Utah lawmaker wants the governor’s running mate out of the election oversight business, because of perceived conflicts of interest. But others say his bill is a “solution in search of a problem,” and that Utah’s elections are run well.
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