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Senate adopts third substitute to make select school-board races partisan; floor debate centers on Hatch Act and local impact
Summary
The Senate approved a third substitute to SB 104 that raises the population threshold for partisan local school-board races to 50,000 and clarifies the state school-board election remains partisan. Debate focused on whether shifting local races to partisan status would trigger Hatch Act restrictions for federally funded employees and on the broader implications for local governance.
The Utah Senate approved a third substitute to Senate Bill 104 after extended floor debate that centered on the scope and local consequences of making some school-board contests partisan.
Senator Jackson, sponsor of the bill, said research and counsel confirmed that unaffiliated voters can run in partisan elections and that federal employees may be prohibited from running in partisan elections under the Hatch Act. Senator Vickers described the third…
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