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‘Trib Talk’: They failed to reach the ballot, then failed in court. What’s next for Count My Vote?

Related Topics: Ballot, Count, Count My Vote, Utah

It’s been more than four years since Count My Vote launched its first direct primary election initiative, and Utahns haven’t stopped arguing about it since.

SB54, the Count My Vote-inspired law that created Utah’s dual-track election method, has survived multiple repeal attempts and court challenges. But a new ballot initiative failed to reach the ballot this year, after petition signatures were peeled away by a targeted opposition campaign, and a last-ditch effort asking the Utah Supreme Court to intervene landed with a thud.

Wounded by those losses, does Count My Vote still have the muscle to defend SB54?