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House debates and amends bill to let counties expand precincts and use 17-year-old election judges
Summary
The House considered HB 2,001 to raise the statutory maximum precinct size from 1,000 to 2,000, allow combining precincts with identical ballots and to permit 17-year-olds to serve as election judges; members debated turnout, caucus representation and polling-place capacity before adopting a floor amendment to limit certain combinations.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House on Nov. 19 considered House Bill 2,001, a package of election-law changes the sponsor said are intended to give county clerks flexibility as counties transition to new electronic voting equipment.
Representative Lorraine Pace told colleagues the bill would "increase the maximum possible size for voting precincts from 1,000 to 2,000," but said repeatedly that the change "isn't requiring anyone to combine" precincts and is intended to be optional. She also said the bill permits county clerks to combine precincts when the ballots are identical and would remove the rule that 17‑year‑olds must be 18 by the next general election to serve as election judges.
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