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Senate advances bill to move primary, filing and convention dates; senators raise overlap concerns
Summary
House Bill 352, which would move primary elections to June and shift filing and convention dates earlier, was circled and advanced by the Senate after debate over whether filing deadlines could overlap with the legislative session and create campaign conflicts for incumbents.
Lawmakers debated changes to Utah’s election calendar on March 2 as they took up House Bill 352. Sponsor Senator Beatty said the bipartisan plan (backed by both major parties and the governor) would move the primary from the second Tuesday in September to the fourth Tuesday in June, shift state conventions into early May, move county conventions to April and caucuses to late March, and adjust candidate filing windows to reduce campaign overlap and costs.
Several senators voiced concern about timing.…
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