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Utah Republicans reintroduce bill to require ID at ballot drop-off while preserving mail delivery (HB 479)
Summary
Representative Jeff Burton introduced HB 479 to require voters to show identification when returning mail ballots in person at drop-off sites, while preserving mail delivery and options for voters who cannot travel; sponsors cited an audit and a roughly $280,000 fiscal note to help counties staff drop-off sites.
Representative Jeff Burton was introduced to present HB 479, a proposal that would preserve voters’ ability to receive ballots by mail but require them to show identification when returning ballots in person at ballot drop-off locations or clerk offices. Supporters framed the measure as a compromise between convenience and security.
Backers said the bill keeps the most popular element of vote-by-mail—getting the ballot at home to review at leisure—while adding an ID check at the point a voter drops off a completed ballot. Speaker 2 told…
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