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House passes SB165 tightening rules on electronic signatures for petitions and candidate qualification
Summary
Second Substitute SB165 was approved 52-23 to clarify that electronic signatures will not qualify a candidate or petitions for ballot initiative/referendum use; sponsors cited cost and security concerns, opponents warned about restricting access.
The Utah House on March 8 passed second substitute Senate Bill 165, a set of election-law clarifications that, among other changes, disallow electronic signatures to qualify a candidate for the ballot or to sign initiative and referendum petitions.
Representative Daw, the House sponsor, said the intent is to preserve the integrity of petitions and that secure electronic-signature systems are prohibitively expensive for county election administrators.…
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