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Ballot Initiatives Are A Constitutional Right

Scarcely three months have passed since the Utah Supreme Court issued its decision in League of Women Voters v. Utah State Legislature. Over the course of that short period, many divergent opinions have been shared on the subject, the most forceful coming directly from the Legislature in the form of Amendment D, which was recently

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How Legislators Voted on Amendment D

Back in August, lawmakers misused emergency powers to call a “special session” in the August Interim Session. This resulted in lawmakers proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the recent Supreme Court decision by adding language that gives not only the state Legislature, but also local legislative bodies, the unrestricted right to amend or repeal initiatives approved by voters: Constitutional

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What is Utah’s Amendment D & Why is it Important?

UPDATE (9/26/24): On Wednesday, September 25, the Utah Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision upholding the lower court’s ruling that Amendment D is void. The justices of the Supreme Court held that the language of Amendment D did not accurately describe the proposed constitutional amendment when the ballot summary was written by the Speaker Mike

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