Watchdogs ask judge to remove from Utah ballots a measure that would boost lawmakers’ power
Associated PressGovernment watchdog groups in Utah are asking a judge to remove from November’s ballot a measure that would bolster lawmakers’ power. The League of Women Voters, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and other plaintiffs in a long-running lawsuit say lawmakers changed election deadlines to rush to the ballot a measure to undermine the say of voters. “Instead, it seeks through deception to mislead Utah voters into surrendering their constitutional rights,” they say in the legal filing, The plaintiffs, represented by the Campaign Legal Center, say that the ballot language makes it sound like the measure is protecting voters’ rights but doesn’t mention where it would roll them back. Lawmakers responded by holding a special session in August to add a measure to November’s ballot to ask voters to grant them a power that the state’s top court held they did not have.
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