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Senate backs satellite voter-registration plan, adds second registration day
Summary
In a special session the Utah Senate amended and approved changes to voter registration that let county clerks set satellite registration sites and added a second satellite registration day (Monday–Tuesday) before primaries and general elections; a conference committee later reconciled House and Senate language.
The Utah Senate amended and approved House Bill 1,002 on April 17–18, 1996, expanding how counties may run voter-registration drives and adding an extra satellite registration day. Representative Brian R. Allen, the bill sponsor, said county clerks from both parties sent a joint letter urging a move “from an eighteenth century system to a 21st century system,” arguing that the current…
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