Bills to Watch: HB 14 – Requirements to Change Form of County Government, Rep. Keith Grover

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One should always be weary when a legislator is trying to increase or decrease the number of people necessary to make a petition successfully appear on a ballot. When they are trying to reduce the number, it is generally because they have some form of pet project that they want to push through but avoid [...]

Bills to Watch: Bills to Watch: SB 24 – Absentee Ballot Amendments, Sen. Peter Knudson

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The most unenviable task a legislator can face is when they are confronted with a bill that has both good and bad qualities to it. As you can imagine, some sections of a bill can be very good, while others can be very bad. Some of these good or bad aspects can be grand or [...]

Bills to Watch: HB 44 – Election Polling, Rep. Greg Hughes

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There are many dirty and underhanded things that take place during an election year: campaign flyers that don’t tell *ahem* shall we say the whole truth, campaign donations that are less than above board, and campaign workers being less than forthright with the public in their attempts to gain more votes. One classic example of [...]