Since they’ve been overshadowed by legal fights over controversial constitutional amendments A and D, many Utahns likely haven’t heard much about the other questions that will appear on their Nov. 5 ballots.
The Utah Supreme Court’s ruling this week keeping Amendment D void wasn’t necessarily surprising given it had already made it clear in an earlier ruling the Utah Legislature’s powers do, in fact, have limits.
Three candidates qualified for the Thursday, Oct. 10 debate for Utah’s open U.S. Senate seat. Republican nominee Rep. John Curtis, currently representing Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, received 52.5% in the poll of 526 registered Utah voters. Democratic nominee Caroline Gleich, a professional skier and environmental activist, received 33.8%.
The Utah Supreme Court could uphold the district court’s decision to void the proposed amendment or overturn it.
On Wednesday, attorneys for the Legislature will try to convince the Utah Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling voiding a ballot measure that would ensure the Legislature’s power to amend or ignore voter-approved ballot initiatives.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The Utah Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a proposed constitutional amendment that asks voters to cede power to lawmakers over ballot measures is written clearly and should be counted on the November ballot.
The Utah Legislature put the constitutional amendment on the ballot after the state's top court in July had sided against them in a dispute over their repeal of a voter-approved ballot initiative banning partisan gerrymandering.
The Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday held oral arguments on the validity of proposed constitutional Amendment D after a lower court voided the question that will go before voters in November
The “People’s House” is searching for its majority out West. While home to just a quarter of the country’s population, the West is host to more than half of the toss-up seats for U.S. House this year.
Of the votes cast in 26 or 29 counties in the June primary election, 96.7% — more than 400,000 — came on the ballots Utahns received in the mail. Here's how reporters got that number.
Utah voters will not decide this November on a proposed constitutional amendment asking voters to cede power over ballot measures to lawmakers after the Utah Supreme Court upheld a lower court decisio