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House leaders say they’re negotiating election reforms that would add ID at drop‑off while preserving mail ballots
Summary
Leadership described negotiations over Representative Burton’s election bill (HB300) and a hybrid proposal: maintain vote‑by‑mail with an option to opt in but require voters to show ID and personally drop off ballots within a 5–10‑day window; officials cited signature‑verification and voter‑roll audits as drivers of change.
Utah House leadership told reporters they are negotiating election‑reform language with the Senate and elections officers that would preserve popular aspects of vote‑by‑mail while adding in‑person ID verification at ballot drop‑off.
"We actually think that's a really good thing," Speaker 2 said of preserving mail ballots, but added the state has a security concern and needs tighter audits and verification. He described a hybrid approach in which citizens could receive ballots by mail but then have roughly "somewhere between 5 [and] 10…
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