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House approves bill requiring disclosure of who pays for campaign polls
Summary
The Utah House on Feb. 6 passed a first-substitute version of House Bill 44 requiring disclosure of who funds campaign-related polls and imposing penalties for nondisclosure; sponsors said it increases transparency in elections while opponents warned of First Amendment risks.
The Utah House passed a first-substitute bill on Feb. 6 that would require those who conduct certain campaign-related polls to disclose who paid for them, a move backers said will bring transparency to political messaging and critics said risks free-speech chill.
Representative Hughes, sponsor of the substitute, told the chamber the measure is aimed at “push polls” — surveys that can be designed to influence rather than measure voters — and said legitimate polling firms…
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