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Utah House passes HB204 to tighten absentee ballot postmark rules while preserving in‑person delivery
Summary
After a lengthy floor debate over election integrity and voter access, the Utah House passed a fourth substitute to House Bill 204 clarifying that ballots mailed to clerks must be postmarked by the day before the election, while voters may still deliver absentee ballots in person at polling places until polls close at 8 p.m.; the measure passed 72‑0 and will go to the Senate.
The Utah House on Feb. 28 passed a substitute to House Bill 204 that clarifies how absentee and mail‑in ballots are handled around Election Day, in a debate that pitched concerns about voters’ access against fears of late electioneering.
The measure, as adopted in a fourth substitute, keeps current practice allowing a voter who holds an absentee (vote‑by‑mail) ballot to present it in person and cast it at their polling place up to 8:00 p.m. on election day, while requiring ballots sent by mail to bear a postmark no later than the day before the election. The House clerk announced that fourth substitute…
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