Citizen-backed changes to police pursuit, state income tax, and parental rights laws will get their moment in front of lawmakers in Olympia this month.
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A bipartisan Arizona group that is pushing for open primaries in the state says it isn t surprised by the relatively low voter turnout in recent primary elections. As in Iowa, Arizona requires voters to be affiliated with a major political party to be able to participate in primary elections. Paul Johnson, former Phoenix mayor and member of the Make Elections Fair AZ executive committee, said from his experience, those who show up in what he calls "low-turnout primaries" tend to be the "most extremist" voters. .
The Utah legislature has been in session for almost two weeks and one group said there have been more than 10 pieces of legislation introduced they called "anti-democracy" bills. TJ Ellerbeck, executive director of the Rural Utah Project, said the bills would put "major limits on the way Utahns can vote, when Utahns can vote and which Utahns can vote." "The worst of those is one bill that would eliminate voting by mail in Utah, and Utah has been an all vote-by-mail state for the last eight years," Ellerbeck explained. "Some parts of the state have been all vote-by-mail for 10 years and over 90% of Utahns vote by mail." Ellerbeck referred to House Bill 92, sponsored by Rep. " .