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Utah lawmakers expected to play 'hardball' with citizen initiatives after recent losses in court.
It may seem like the Utah Legislature is power hungry.
It may seem like the Utah Legislature is power hungry. Their recent sleight of hand would have asked voters to approve Amendment D, allowing lawmakers to eviscerate any citizen ballot initiative. It didn't happen, but something surely will. While Utah was the second state to establish an initiative and referendum process, it took 16 years to make it happen.
Even then, the Legislature didn't like it and made it almost impossible—voters who supported initiatives had to sign documents in-person before someone "competent to administer oaths," according to Ballotpedia.
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