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Utah legislative committee shuts down debate on GOP primary chaos.
There is a group that wants fully open or "jungle" primaries, but even as an initiative, there's a long way to go before that happens.
Hit: Party Lines We know that there were lots of primary voters unhappy about being shut down by the Legislature. But maybe, just maybe, Eagle Mountain Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius was right and a committee was not the "appropriate" place to air GOP grievances.
The Government Operations Committee withdrew its first agenda item—Presidential Primary Elections—seemingly because the written comments were already pretty nasty. Six speakers were slated to testify—including one from the Utah Democratic Party—but everyone knew there'd be bitching about the recent chaos during GOP caucus meetings.
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