At the onset of the 2025 Utah Legislature, lawmakers listed changes to Utah’s election system as a top priority — but a major bill meant to drastically restrict voting by mail, HB300, has been stuck in the House for 10 days.

Utah Rep. Doug Fiefia introduced a bill that would eliminate same-day registration and require a mail-in ballot to be received by Election Day.

Another bill introduced this week, SB296, sponsored by Sen. Chris Wilson, R-Logan, would let the governor appoint the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court and the presiding judge of the court of appeals — both with confirmation by the Senate — rather than having the judges on the respective courts choose that top position among themselves.

Native American advocates worry election reforms in front of the Utah Legislature would continue a legacy of discrimination.

Utah lawmakers moved to make it harder for candidates to put a nickname on the ballot after a candidate named Lucifer

Since 2022, nine GOP-led states have left ERIC, a voter data collective, amid such concerns as partisan influence, increasing costs, and a failure to address voter fraud.

A little more than halfway through the 2025 legislative session, Utah’s elected representatives were starting to look a little haggard on the Friday before Presidents Day weekend as they split their attention between surprise controversies, political hot topics and planning for the long term for the Beehive State.

A legislative committee recently recommended HB300, Amendments to Election Law, to the full Utah House of Representatives. HB300 seeks to require voters to cast their ballot in person while showing valid ID, instead of mailing in their ballot. Only if ...

A pair of bills moving forward would also change when injunctions can pause a law challenged on its constitutionaly, and who has third-party standing to file suit. Citing worries about the separation of powers, groups like the Utah Bar Association have opposed several of these changes.

Health care facilities in Utah would be required to let patients bring their own blood or choose their own donor for medical procedures under legislation gaining momentum in Utah.

Rep. Ryan Wilcox proposed a new bill, HB351, that would replace the state Columbus Day holiday with an Election Day holiday.

The proposal comes despite the vast majority of Utah voters being confident in the current vote-by-mail system.