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Senate advances bill keeping unaffiliated voters eligible for primaries after heated debate
Summary
The Utah Senate voted to continue a decade-long practice allowing unaffiliated voters to affiliate at the polls and participate in party primaries and related caucus processes. Supporters called the change a boost to voter access; opponents said it infringes on party nominating processes. The bill passed 24–4.
Senators on the Utah State Senate floor voted to extend a rule that lets unaffiliated voters participate in party primaries and related nominating steps, passing House Bill 262 after extended debate.
Sen. Daniel Wyler, the bill’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure simply "continues the status quo for the past 10 years" and preserves a mechanism that lets genuinely unaffiliated voters affiliate at the polling place within statutory limits so they can cast a primary ballot. Wyler said the change has generated "tens of…
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