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House passes substituted HB 209 to tighten state voter-citizenship procedures amid debate over scope and costs
Summary
Lawmakers approved a second substitute to HB 209 to clarify procedures for notifying and verifying citizenship, including provisional ballots and name-change protections; opponents questioned the necessity and cited fiscal impacts.
The Utah House on Jan. 23 passed a substituted version of HB 209, a bill sponsors described as protecting the meaning of citizenship while creating notice, cure and provisional-ballot processes when a voter's citizenship is flagged.
Representative Malloy, sponsor of the substitute, told the chamber the measure "is designed to protect the meaning of citizenship" and said it would distinguish between federal and state ballots, allow provisional voting while questions are reviewed, provide time…
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