Gov. Gary Herbert signs controversial signature-removal bill
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Deseret News: Ethics initiative organizers on Monday accused Gov. Gary Herbert of seeking to "stymie citizen participation" after he signed a bill that will make it easier to remove petition signatures. Herbert signed the controversial bill Saturday, despite a plea from initiative supporters calling on him to veto the legislation. Citizen-initiative advocates predict the law will result in campaigns to harass petition-signers, as opponents try to persuade them to remove their signatures. Under SB275, petition signers no longer need to have their removal request notarized and can remove their signatures up to a month after the petitions are due and become public. Organizers say the extended timeline for removal in SB275 will allow opponents to pressure signers to remove their signatures without allowing for more signatures to be gathered. Before the change, people could not remove their names after the petition was delivered to the lieutenant governor. With a little more than two weeks left to gather signatures, leaders from various groups seeking to put initiatives on the November ballot gathered at the Capitol on Monday to protest the governor's move. Those groups included Utahns for Ethical Government, which is pushing ethics reform, and Fair Boundaries, which wants to change the way political districts are drawn.
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