Utah Supreme Court to decide viability of a ballot question deemed ‘counterfactual’ by lower court

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court is poised to decide whether a proposed constitutional amendment that asks voters to cede power to lawmakers over ballot measures is written clearly and should be counted on the November ballot. Attorneys for the Legislature and a coalition of voting rights groups argued Wednesday before the state Supreme Court after a lower court ruled earlier this month that voters should not decide on the consequential ballot question this year. Republican legislative leaders are asking the five-justice panel to overturn that ruling and put Amendment D back before the public. But opponents of the measure warn that it is written in a way that could trick voters.


 

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