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Senate rejects substitute to delay election-law changes after heated floor debate
Summary
After extended floor debate about the impact of SB 54 on party nomination processes, the Utah Senate voted 19-9 to defeat the first substitute to SB 43, which sought to delay implementation of earlier election-law changes beyond the 2016 cycle.
The Utah Senate on the morning calendar rejected a first substitute to Senate Bill 43 — a measure related to the implementation of prior election-law changes — after a sustained floor debate about who should decide how political parties govern their nominations.
Senator Jenkins, sponsor of the substitute, said the proposal sought only to "delay this so that we can put our house in order" and asked colleagues to give party leaders time to convene and decide whether to be a…
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