On February 24, the Utah legislature passed SB 25, which repeals the straight-ticket device, and also eliminates party logos from the ballot. The bill passed unanimously in both houses. A “logo” is a small drawing representing a political party. In 2014, the Democratic logo was a donkey, the Republican logo was an elephant, the Libertarian logo was the upper portion of the Statue of Liberty, the Constitution logo was an eagle, and the Independent American logo was the U.S. flag.

Assuming Governor Gary Herbert signs the bill, the only states that will have the device are Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas. There are bills in each house of the Indiana legislature to repeal the device (SB 391 and HB 1020), but neither one has made any progress this year.