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Senate clears Internet‑voting pilot bill allowing counties to study and test safeguards

Utah State Senate · March 3, 1998
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Summary

Under a bill passed March 3 the Senate authorized a pilot project to study Internet voting. Sponsor Senator Steele said counties such as Weber are exploring safeguards; the bill passed under suspension of the rules 18–5 with six absent.

The Utah Senate moved to allow limited study and pilot projects for Internet voting on March 3, passing House Bill 342 under suspension of the rules.

“Earlier this year, Weber County and others have been involved in a process of just exploring what safeguards ... exist with the concept of voting on the…

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