The Utah Political Swamp may have been caught off-guard by the ragtag group of citizens whose rebellion forced the legislature to kill the Swamp friendly tax reform bill that was rushed through the legislature in a special session just before…
Year: 2020
Key Points From mid-March to mid-June, 76,835 active voters affiliated with the Republican Party so they can vote in its June 30 primary election. Most (45,519) were previously Unaffiliated. The next opportunity for Unaffiliated voters to affiliate with a party…
Key Points Since March 18, the number of Unaffiliated voters has decreased by over 35,000 and Republican affiliations have increased by over 53,000. From June 9 to 15 well over 3,000 individuals left the Democratic Party. Jon Huntsman Jr. and…
Key Points Since each and every registered voter in Utah has to give their voter registration information, including full name, address, year of birth, phone number, party affiliation, voting history, voter status, etc. to the Republican Party, why shouldn’t they…
Key Points Utah State Senator Todd Weiler is one of Lt. Governor Spencer Cox’s strongest, long-time supporters. Weiler routinely uses social media to attack those he disagrees with. In addition, in 2011, the Davis County Republican Party Ethics Committee found…
Key Points While most big business leaders support Cox, Zions Bank President and CEO, A. Scott Anderson has thrown his support behind Huntsman. Under the Herbert/Cox Administration the Salt Lake Chamber has largely dictated policy and its big business members…
Key Points In 2012, the Republican controlled legislature passed a bill that “authorizes an election officer to administer an election entirely by mail.” Current Republican Party Chair Derek Brown who was in the legislature at the time voted for the…
On May 8, the President of the Utah State Senate, Stuart Adams, along with his leadership team—Senators Evan Vickers, Dan Hemmert, Ann Millner, Gregg Buxton, Jerry Stevenson, Don Ipson—sent an e-mail to lobbyists who must kowtow to legislators in order…
Because of the Coronavirus, state delegates elected to serve in 2018 were asked to help select the Republican candidates at the GOP’s virtual convention. When the dust settled, 82% of the parties nominees or primary candidates were male and 18%…
A federal judge has ordered Utah’s voter signature threshold lowered for Jan Garbett because of time lost due to the pandemic. According to State Elections Director Justin Lee, the judge also extended the deadline for certifying the primary ballot from…