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House passes temporary election date change to restore party convention week

Utah House of Representatives (joint session with Senate) · September 16, 2019
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The Utah House passed Senate Bill 1,001 (election code date changes) on Sept. 16, 2019, moving candidate certification back and setting the 2020 primary for June 30 to avoid conflicts with party conventions and the Fourth of July weekend.

SALT LAKE CITY — On Sept. 16, 2019, the Utah House unanimously approved Senate Bill 1,001, a narrowly targeted change to state election dates designed to restore a week for political parties to hold county conventions and to shift the 2020 primary to June 30.

Representative Elison, the House sponsor, said a change in the previous session had moved candidate certification…

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