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Committee advances bill standardizing precinct identifiers and easing small-boundary updates
Summary
The House Political Subdivisions Committee unanimously advanced the first substitute to House Bill 27, which keeps maximum precinct size at 1,250 voters, creates unique statewide precinct identifiers and allows county clerks to make minor precinct boundary adjustments following local legislative changes.
House Bill 27, the voting precinct amendments, was advanced out of the House Political Subdivisions Committee on a unanimous voice vote after proponents described changes meant to stabilize precinct boundaries and improve election data.
Representative Jim Dunnigan, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the first substitute removes a proposed increase in maximum precinct size and "keeps them at 1,250" while adding other changes. Brian McKenzie, Davis County clerk, told the committee the package was designed to reduce the frequency of precinct boundary changes and to reduce confusion for election administrators, political parties and data analysts.…
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