Lt. Governor's Office

The fatal blow came from Senate District 15, currently held by Democratic Sen. Kathleen Riebe. The Republican-backed repeal group had no margin for error, as it only met the minimum district threshold of 26 out of 29.

The deadline for affiliated Utah voters to switch parties is April 1. This matters for voting in a closed primary, such as the GOP primary. For open primaries, voters don’t have to switch affiliation to participate.

The campaign to get a Proposition 4 repeal on the ballot has enough verified signatures — at least for now. Signers have a few weeks to remove names, and that could tip the scales in close Senate districts.

El gobernador Spencer Cox dejó pasar la fecha límite del 21 de junio para convocar una elección especial. El referéndum se realizará en las elecciones generales de noviembre de 2026.

Gov. Spencer Cox let a June 21 deadline to call a special election pass and instead sent the referendum to the November 2026 general election.

With a referendum challenge looking like it will be successful, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson put the law on hold while signatures are being counted.

As of the morning of April 28, the labor groups hit the 8% target in 15 Senate districts, and 146,480 signatures have been verified.

The signatures turned in are more than double the 140,748 needed. The next step is signature verification, followed by 45 days when opponents can convince people to remove their names.

Representatives from eight unions announced Wednesday they intend to file and collect signatures for a ballot statewide referendum to overturn HB267.

With just a week to go, the Legislature is looking at Utah’s election system through a microscope. There are more than 80 election-related bills this session.

Although some races might be pretty clear soon after the polls close, results in Utah are not official until the statewide canvass on Nov. 25.

Despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Utah or elsewhere, state election officials continue to push back against claims that the state’s process is compromised.