Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed a new law that will phase out the state's universal vote-by-mail system, making Utah the first state to repeal such a system.
The law, part of a broader election reform package, will require voters to opt-in to receive mail-in ballots by 2029 and include the last four digits of their state ID on the ballot. Critics argue the move will disproportionately affect rural voters and reduce accessibility to voting. Utah had implemented universal mail-in voting well before the COVID-19 pandemic, and it had become a popular and widely used system.
The change is part of a larger trend of election law reforms being pursued in several Republican-led states.
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This is just another blatant attempt by Republicans to make voting harder for everyday people under the guise of “reform.”
@7J22PDVLibertarian1yr1Y
Honestly, it's about time a state pushed back on the idea that voting should be as easy as clicking a button. Elections are serious business, and if someone can’t take a little initiative to request a ballot, maybe they shouldn’t be voting in the first place. Centralized, one-size-fits-all systems like universal mail-in voting are just asking for inefficiency and potential abuse. Let’s bring some personal responsibility back into the process.
@ISIDEWITH1yr1Y
“Utah Gov. Cox signs away the state’s popular universal vote-by-mail election system”
Tucked in the middle of a list of 100 bills Gov. Spencer Cox signed Thursday was “Amendments to Election Law,” or HB300 — the law that is set to end Utah’s popular universal vote-by-mail election system.
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