On March 22, the Idaho Senate passed SB 1159, which makes it far more difficult to get statewide initiatives on the ballot. The vote was 18-17. All seven Democrats voted against it, along with ten Republicans.

It increases the number of signatures from 6% of the registered voters to 10%. It increases the number of legislative districts in which the measure must get 10% from 18 districts to 32 districts (Idaho has 35 legislative districts). It shrinks the petitioning period from 18 months to 6 months.

The bill also says a single initiative sheet cannot contain signatures from different legislative districts.

The bill takes effect immediately, so for 2020, 56,192 valid signatures will be needed.

On March 25, the Arizona House Rules Committee passed SB 1154. It moves the primary from the last week in August to the first week in August. It also moves the petition deadline for newly-qualifying parties from February of the election year to November of the year before the election.

The Utah legislature has passed HB 272. It requires declared write-in candidates to pay filing fees. Write-in presidential candidates would be charged $500. Other candidates would pay one-eighth of 1% of the annual salary for the full term of the office.

Courts in California, Maryland, and West Virginia have struck down filing fees for declared write-in candidates. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that filing fees are unconstitutional except to the extent they protect ballots from being crowded with too many candidates. Requiring write-in candidates to pay filing fees does not serve the interest of keeping a ballot from being too crowded, because the names of write-in candidates are not printed on ballots.

Governor Gary Herbert signed the bill on March 22.