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Committee removes fee in proposed write‑in vote changes, defers bubble rule
Summary
The Government Operations committee struck a provision that would have allowed election officers to charge a fee to count write‑in votes and deferred action on a proposal that would require both writing a name and filling an adjacent bubble on the ballot.
Chair opened discussion on a committee bill that would change how Utah treats write‑in votes for joint tickets and other offices. Michael Cipriano summarized the draft changes, saying the bill would reduce the write‑in name space for joint tickets from two lines to one, require a voter who casts a write‑in to also fill the bubble opposite the write‑in space, modify when election officers must count individual write‑in votes, and move the declaration of candidacy deadline from 65 to 75 days before an election.
Public comment expressed opposition to two provisions.…
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