Utah Legislature Passes Bill Making it Far More Difficult to Qualify an Initiative

On March 4, the Utah legislature passed HB 136, which makes it more difficult for initiatives to get on the ballot. The bill makes it illegal for anyone to pay a petitioner except on an hourly basis. Also it requires initiative circulators who are being paid to wear a badge. In font size 24, the badge must say “Paid signature gatherer” and give the employee’s ID number. Also an initiative circulator commits a crime if he or she does not offer to let anyone approached see a piece of paper with the entire text of the initiative. Here is the text.

In the Senate the vote was 22-7. The seven “no” votes were cast by all six Democratic Senators, and one Republican, Michael McKell.


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Utah Legislature Passes Bill Making it Far More Difficult to Qualify an Initiative — 10 Comments

  1. Notice a pattern, as in that a bunch of states are trying to make ballot access more difficult for both ballot issues and minor party and independent candidates? The ruling establishment does not like being challenged.

  2. HOW MANY ***KILL DEMOCRACY*** COMMAND ORDERS FROM DNC/RNC IN DEVIL CITY ???

    ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER REGIMES IN USA REGIME AND ALL 50 STATE REGIMES.

    1/2 X 1/2 = 1/4 = OLIGARCHS >>> WITH MONARCH BOSSES/TYRANTS.
    —-
    PR AND APPV
    TOTSOP

  3. “Gavin Newsom Is Handsome on March 8, 2021 at 10:41 am said:
    The front line of spreading coronavirus.”

    Do you have any verifiable scientific evidence to back this up?

    A person is no more likely to catch COVID from a petition circulator than from anyone else.

  4. Kimberly Guilfoyle was once a lover of Gavin Newsom. I’m sure she thought he was handsome. But she’s not a covid alarmist making up stuff like the guy behind “Gavin Newsom is Handsome.”

  5. What’s next in the bogus name dept ??? –

    Frankenstein / Wolfman / Dracula / etc. is Handsome ???

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