Opponents to a controversial Utah election law signaled this week that — after sputtering at the state Capitol and in the courts — they may take their fight directly to voters this November.
A new proposed ballot initiative, the sixth filed with the state, would alter the way candidates are nominated four years after the state altered its election rules to give voters more influence in picking candidates.
At stake is the way candidates are nominated in Utah, and whether candidates must reach a primary by winning over political party convention delegates or if they can get on the primary ballot by collecting signatures directly from voters.