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Senate advances bill to tighten initiative and referendum rules after reported petition fraud
Summary
Senate committee substitute for SB 85 would require county clerks to certify petition signer names at least 90 days before a general election, bar petition withdrawal, require circulators/signers to be registered Utah voters, and create felony/misdemeanor penalties for fraud; bill moved to third reading.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 6 advanced SB 85, a measure to tighten initiative and referendum requirements that sponsors said responds to alleged fraudulent petition activity in a recent election.
Senator Black, sponsor of SB 85, told the Senate the bill was intended "to try and get at some of the fraud that had,…
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