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Senate adopts amendment aiming to limit polling wait times to 30 minutes; county reporting triggers local plans
Summary
Lawmakers amended election‑code language to set a goal that no voter should wait more than 30 minutes; if a county experiences waits longer than 30 minutes, its clerk would be required to submit a written line‑management plan to the lieutenant governor’s elections office.
Senators amended election‑code provisions to try to prevent long Election Day lines after the prior year’s problems in Salt Lake County. The floor debate centered on operational causes of lengthy waits, county flexibility and the lieutenant governor’s role.
Senator Thatcher and Senator Weiler worked on a compromise Amendment 1, which establishes a goal that no voter should wait more than 30 minutes. Under the adopted language,…
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