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Metro

Utah Voter Turnout

By Universe Contributor
October 22, 2018 12:00 AM
According to utah.gov, Utah is ranked 39th in the nation for voter turnout.
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Readers' Forum

Readers' Forum: 10/16/18

By Riley Waldman
October 16, 2018 12:00 AM
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State

Utah lawmakers eye 2021 redistricting

By Chistopher Jacobs
June 01, 2018 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature is getting a head start on redistricting voting districts in 2021 while the Better Boundaries Initiative, which would require an independent commission to decide these districts, has been approved for the November ballot.
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Campus Events

Why students should vote in BYUSA elections

By Sarah Matthews
February 27, 2018 12:00 AM
BYU Student Lydia Vergara explores the BYUSA voting page. Students can vote on this website Feb. 28 and March 1 for the 2018-2019 BYUSA presidential elections. (Cragun Liston)
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Capital West News

Utah bill aimed at making voters more thoughtful

By Hannah Lafond
January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
A Murray lawmaker is proposing a bill in the 2018 Legislature that would eliminate straight ticket voting for mail-in voters, but not for voters at polling places. A BYU political science professor isn't sure that Republican lawmakers will approve the measure.
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Campus Events

BYU political groups encourage voter registration

By Riley Waldman
September 26, 2017 12:00 AM
Sept. 26 marks this year's National Voter Registration Day. BYU political clubs hope to engage students with a voter registration drive (Angela Decker).
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Nation

Snapshots of US Mormon civic engagement

By Sarah Averett Harris
January 24, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: This story pairs with another titled “Mormon civic engagement driven by calls to action.”
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Nation

Trump's nomination a curveball for Utah voters

By Jordan Comstock
May 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Local

Franklin Graham advocates political participation, group prayers

By Kayla Goodson
March 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Evangelist Franklin Graham is visiting all 50 states to hold Prayer Rallies. (Kayla Goodson)
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Local

After a hectic caucus night, Dems say state should run vote

By Liesl Hansen
March 23, 2016 12:00 AM
A man in a Bernie Sanders shirt waits in a line to vote at a Democratic caucus site Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (Associated Press)
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Local

Local organization seeks to get students to the caucuses

By Chris Larson
March 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Many forces are combining to get BYU students to caucus meetings on March 22.
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Local

Trump has 'had enough' debates, might bypass SLC debate

By Alex E. J. Mohammad
March 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Donald Trump says he has no interest in the Republican debate planned for March 21 in Salt Lake City.
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Nation

Automatic voter registration takes hold on West Coast

By Alayna Pehrson
March 07, 2016 12:00 AM
Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman holds a sample of a Washington state enhanced drivers license. Senate Bill 6379 and House Bill 2682 would automatically register people who aren’t on the voter rolls but already have or apply for an enhanced driver's license or commercial driver’s licenses. (Associated Press)
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Local

HB119: Lawmaker wants to end 'out-of-date' straight-party voting

By Kalli B White
January 21, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY—Lawmakers may debate straight-ticket voting, which currently allows Utah voters to choose a party’s entire slate of candidates with a single ballot vote.
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State

Utah's Lt. Gov. says he won't let GOP keep candidates off ballot

By Chris Larson
January 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox clarified how his office will enforce last year's controversial ballot access law SB54, known as Count My Vote, by issuing a memo to candidates in the current election cycle.
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Football

Study: Football doesn't affect voting patterns after all

November 03, 2015 12:00 AM
NEW YORK — As another election season heats up, researchers are engaged in a battle of their own over voter behavior: Can it really be swayed by whether the local college football team just won or lost?
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State

Disillusioned millenials express opinions online but don't vote

By Ashley Lovell
October 27, 2015 12:00 AM
Republican presidential candidates, businessman Donald Trump, right, and Ben Carson appear during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, Calif. (Associated Press)
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Campus

Brennan and Kylee win BYUSA election

By Jenna Koford
March 04, 2015 12:00 AM
Brennan Staheli and Kylee Marshall celebrate with supporters in the Wilkinson Student Center. (Facebook)
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