Utah Becomes First State To Phase Out Universal Vote-By-Mail
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"Voters, especially those in rural areas, will bear the brunt of this restrictive move," one opponent of the law said.
Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Wednesday to phase out the state’s universal mail-in voting system, marking the first time a state has ended the practice of mailing a ballot to every registered voter.
With his signature, Utah will phase out universal vote-by-mail starting in 2029. Utah was one of only eight states with such a policy in place and was the only solidly Republican one among them.
Cox praised the legislation as a “brilliant bill” earlier this month, saying it’s necessary to restore election trust among the people who “wrongly believe that we have mass fraud in our elections.”
Though Cox’s remarks pushed back against President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that mail-in voting is ripe with fraud, signing this bill is in line with the president’s crackdown on absentee voting. On Monday, Trump issued an executive order barring states from counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, regardless of state laws on postmarking.
Voting rights advocates slammed the new Utah law, calling it pointless and burdensome for people in less populated parts of the state.
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