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Gehrke: Here comes an initiative to get rid of party nominating conventions and it could revolutionize Utah politics

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Count My Vote • The high-powered bipartisan group has raised roughly $1 million to collect enough signatures to get their plan before voters.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune The Salt Lake Tribune staff portraits. Robert Gehrke.

Leaders of Count My Vote are planning to re-launch their ballot initiative next week, this time with the goal of getting rid of party nominating conventions in Utah altogether and making it easier for candidates to get on the primary ballot by gathering signatures.

For weeks, the leaders of the movement — former Gov.