Utah Supreme Court

What is the voter’s place in Utah’s Democracy? It wasn't really an out loud question until the Utah Supreme Court stirred up a hornet's nest over citizen-led ballot initiatives.

Even though Amendment D will remain on the ballot, no votes cast will count after the Utah Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to void it from the November election.

GOP leaders have derided recent decisions as the work of activist judges or “policymaking from the bench.” That has some in the supermajority toying with the idea of judicial reform.

While Gov. Spencer Cox supports the removal of the earmark on public education funding, the Utah teachers’ union has asked a judge to keep the question, Amendment A, off the ballot.

Everyday Utahns KUER spoke with commonly thought the amendment uplifted voters based on the ballot language. That changed later on, though.

A lower court judge has already thrown out the fossil fuels case. But the plaintiffs want the Utah Supreme Court to reinstate it.

The campaign, organized by Better Boundaries, urges Utahns to vote against a constitutional amendment to give lawmakers the power to alter and repeal voter-approved ballot initiatives.

Lawmakers called a special session following a Utah Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the ability of voter-approved ballot initiatives to reform the government without interference.

The court rejected Jenkins' suit that asked justices to count a batch of ballots with late postmarks after Rep. Celeste Maloy won a recount by fewer than 200 votes. That makes Maloy the winner of the June Republican primary.

The lawsuit is predicated on the idea that eligible ballots were falsely disqualified because of Postal Service practices during the June 25 GOP primary election.

The 4-1 decision determined Utah's Planned Parenthood had standing in the case and that a lower court did not abuse its discretion when it blocked the state's "trigger law" in 2022.

Jenkins hopes to convince the Utah Supreme Court to allow ballots deemed ineligible because of late postmarks to be counted. The argument hinges on how the Postal Service handles mail in southern Utah.