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House approves change to provisional-ballot counting for 'up‑ticket' races after debate on privacy, technology
Summary
First substitute House Bill 378 will allow counties to count eligible "up‑ticket" races from a provisional ballot cast at the wrong precinct while excluding the local race for which the voter was ineligible; bill passed 43–30 after members raised concerns about county technology, voter privacy and secret-ballot protections.
The Utah House approved first substitute House Bill 378 on March 11, which changes how provisional ballots cast at the wrong precinct are processed. Sponsor Representative Hall described the bill as an "up-ticket" fix so that when a voter casts a provisional ballot in the wrong precinct those votes the voter was eligible to cast — such as president or governor — would still be counted while the incorrect local race would be excluded.
Representative Hall said clerks had identified a technological…
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