It must be throwback day here at Blue in Red Zion, after all, the topic today seems to be the resurrection of bad bills. Well, Senator Howard Stephenson (R – Draper, District 11) is continuing the trend by proposing SB 224 – Partisan School Board Elections – a bill that mimics Senator Curt Bramble’s from 2007. As a bit [...]
Archive for the ‘Elections’ Category
Bills to Watch: HB 255 – Provisional Ballot Amendments for Unregistered Voters, R. Chavez-Houck
The right to vote is truly an important one, and all too often, people are unable to take advantage of this right and privilege because they are not registered to vote. Although I am a firm believer in having people register to vote, I care more about the fact that those who legally should be [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 164 – Campaign Contributions Limits, R. Chavez-Houck
Although I have never actually banged my head against a wall, but I imagine it is how Representative Rebecca Chavez – Houck (D – Salt Lake, District 24) feels when she is trying to push HB 164 – Campaign Contributions Limits through the unimaginable 45 day hell that is the legislative session. The bill most likely has [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 60 – Prohibiting Contributions During Special Session, P. Arent
As unpopular as it may sound, campaign contributions are a sort of necessary evil in our political system – there is simply no realistic way to run a campaign with out some sort of budget, and if contributions were not allowed, only the richest of the rich would be able to simply drop the $5,000-$30,000 [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 113 – Election District Boundaries, J. Valentine
Do you all remember that little dust up with former Representative Craig Frank? Well thank goodness Senator John Valentine (R – Orem, District 14) has come trouncing to the rescue with SB 113 – Election District Boundaries. The bill, as you might suspect, is designed to help Valentine’s crony move back into his district, despite [...]
Speaker Lockhart Shows Her Colors Before Even Sitting Down…And They are Ugly
Although some of my fellow bloggers (both right and left) have had a field day (or at least slight chuckle) regarding Representative Craig Frank’s screw up regarding the fact that he does not actually live in his district, few are discussing what these events mean – up to, and including, the fact that incoming House [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 14 – Local Election Amendments, P. Knudson
Yes, yes, I know I am picking on Senator Pete Knudson (R- Brigham City, District 17) twice in one day, but sometimes that is just how the cookie crumbles. This time, however, he has not so much made my blood boil, rather just made me a little concerned with SB 14 – Local Election Amendments. [...]
Bills to Watch: SB 18 – Election Administration By Election Officers, P. Knudson
Senator Pete Knudson (R- Brigham City, District 17) continues to concern me when it comes to voting in the State of Utah. Two years ago I wrote about his successful bill designed to potentially reduce early voting locations to one. This, of course did not happen (as I pointed out in the original post) but [...]
Bills to Watch: HB 30 – Election Officials’ Funds, N. Hendrickson
Often times during the legislative session, wide reaching reform bills are split apart in an attempt to ensure that at least some reform takes place, even if it means that the greater concept has to sit back for a while. This can be a risky maneuver, however, as it sometimes means that you risk walking away [...]
Election Predictions
It is that time again, where less than half the population chooses who will lead everyone for the next two, four, and six years (depending on the election). Here are my predictions based on gut feeling, recent polls, and just a touch of hopeless optimism that people like liberals as much as I do. Nationally [...]