Utah hasn’t been the typical deep red state when it comes to voting by mail. It’s been an outlier from Republican-controlled states that in recent years have looked to limit mail-in voting, as state leaders here have generally supported its universal vote-by-mail system that remains popular with most Utah voters.

AP calls Utah House District 4 for Burgess Owens. Nov 6 • 2:57 AM ET AP calls Utah House District 2 for Celeste Maloy. Nov 6 • 1:26 AM ET AP calls Utah House District 3 for Mike Kennedy.

House Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, and Rep. Jefferson Burton, R-Salem, presented their bills during a House Government Operations Standing Committee before a who’s-who of GOP leadership, conservative activists and election officials.

Under a proposed constitutional amendment headed to the Utah House, any future ballot initiative raising taxes would need 60% support from voters.

Rep. Ryan Wilcox says the lieutenant governor overseeing their own election creates the perception of a conflict of interest.

There’s lots of options for the lieutenant governor to clean up our voter rolls,” House Majority Whip Karianne Lisonbee told her colleagues of her bill to end Utah’s use of ERIC.

Sen. Mike Lee is backing a proposal to change how Utah administers its elections as state lawmakers seek to address perceived weaknesses in its vote-by-mail system.

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A bill that would mandate run-off primary elections has passed a committee vote and moves on for a vote on the House floor. Passing a committee vote Thursday afternoon with 9-4, H.B. 231 would mandate that nominees that don’t ...

The way Utahns cast their ballots in elections could look different after a bill passed a House committee on Tuesday.

A new bill released today seeks to create a new election office separate from the Lt. Governor to oversee Utah’s election system.

House Bill 332 would require the Lieutenant Governor’s Office to withdraw from ERIC, citing concerns over voter registration data and security.