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House passes bill restricting party switching ahead of primaries, citing risk of 'party raiding'
Summary
Third Substitute House Bill 197 imposes a moratorium on switching party affiliation between April 1 and the primary in even‑numbered years to deter strategic party‑switching; the House passed the measure after extended debate, reported on the floor as 40–30.
The Utah House passed Third Substitute House Bill 197 on Feb. 12, creating a temporary window during which voters already affiliated with a political party cannot switch to another party in the two‑and‑a‑half months before a partisan primary. Representative Tuscher, the bill sponsor, said the change is intended to "prevent what the Supreme Court has called party raiding," citing Rosario v. Rockefeller as precedent for…
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