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A House committee advanced a bill that seeks to abandon a pilot project to try ranked choice voting in the state.

A bill changing the deadline for voting by mail in Utah was put on hold by a committee of the Utah Legislature after largely critical testimony. The bill would only allow ballots ot be counted if they’re in the hands of election officials before the polls close.

A bill changing the deadline for voting by mail in Utah was put on hold by a committee of the Utah Legislature after largely critical testimony. The bill would only allow ballots ot be counted if they’re in the hands of election officials before the polls close.

A bill requiring mail-in ballots to be in the hands of election officials before the polls close on Election Day in order to be counted was put on hold Monday by a legislative committee.

  On Wednesday, Jan. 17, the Utah House Education Committee passed H.B. 261 — the Equal Opportunity Initiative bill prohibiting an institution of higher education, public education system and government employer from engaging in discriminatory practices. It passed 12-2 with modifications and will move to the House of Representatives for further debate. The bill was...