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Senate advances bill creating formal election-complaint process, approves amendment
Summary
The Utah Senate moved Senate Bill 11 forward after debate, approving an amendment that changes 'opinion' to 'petition' and voting 26–0 to read the bill for a third time; the measure creates a complaint path to the lieutenant governor (or designee) and allows recommendations for court action in serious election-code violations.
An unnamed senator presented Senate Bill 11, a measure designed to create a formal complaint process for alleged violations of the state election code and to address conflicts of interest among statewide officials. The sponsor said the bill would allow the lieutenant governor—or another designated official when the lieutenant governor has a conflict—to receive complaints and, where a serious violation is found, permit the attorney general or a designee to recommend whether the matter should be…
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