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Utah's embarrassing legislative hangover—no mail-in voting, no Pride flags, no fluoride and no Sundance.
Now that the Legislature has wrapped up, citizens are processing the damage with just one word—embarrassing.
Miss: Final Scenes Now that the Legislature has wrapped up, citizens are processing the damage with just one word—embarrassing. The damage done to Utah, once a model of good sense, is incalculable. Where to start? Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill that will ultimately end vote-by-mail, not because there was anything wrong with it.
Instead, it was a nod to conspiracy theorists. "Lots of people wrongly believe that we have mass fraud in our elections, and it's just not true, but we need to restore trust to them as well," he said. Next up, Utah banned Pride flags from government offices and schools.
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