Judge rules Amendment D be voided from Utah’s November ballot
Sep 12, 2024, 9:40 AM | Updated: 12:40 pm
FILE - A judge has ruled Amendment D would be voided from Utah’s ballot. The ruling said the amendment on the ballot “shall be given no effect.” This photo shows the Utah State Capitol, March 14, 2013, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
SALT LAKE CITY — Judge Dianna M. Gibson ruled Thursday morning in Utah’s 3rd District Court that Amendment D would be voided from Utah’s ballot. The ruling said the amendment on the ballot “shall be given no effect.”
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#BREAKINGNEWS: A judge as struck Amendment D as VOID. It can be printed on the ballots but it is “void and has no effect.” The state has said they will appeal. @KSL5TV #utpol pic.twitter.com/3VjUQEASsr
— Lindsay Aerts (@LindsayOnAir) September 12, 2024
Judge Dianna M. Gibson heard arguments in a lawsuit in Utah’s 3rd District Court on Wednesday afternoon, after several groups asked for emergency injunctive relief to stop the printing of a ballot question they say misrepresents the actual meaning of the proposed constitutional amendment — which was crafted in response to a state Supreme Court ruling on redistricting.
The decision in the case is expected to be delivered to the parties late Wednesday, as county clerks in the state are waiting on the decision before they begin printing ballots Thursday morning.
Plaintiffs in the case have alleged that the language of the ballot question being put before voters is “a flagrantly misleading” representation of the actual amendment and have asked the courts for a preliminary injunction to strike the question from this year’s ballot.
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