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One statewide ballot measure was certified to appear on the Utah ballot on November 8, 2022. It was defeated.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • During the 2021 legislative session, the Utah State Legislature referred a constitutional amendment to the 2022 ballot, which was defeated, that would have increased the amount of money the legislature can appropriate in an emergency session.
  • The legislature did not refer additional measures to the ballot during its 2022 session, which ran from January 18 to March 4, 2022.
  • The deadline for citizens to submit signatures for 2022 initiatives passed on February 15, 2022, with no campaigns submitting enough signatures to qualify.

    • On the ballot

    Type Title Description Result Yes Votes No Votes

    LRCA

    		Constitutional Amendment A Increase emergency session appropriation limit and exempt federal emergency funding and spending cuts from the limit

    Defeated

    356,882 (36%)

    625,367 (64%)



    Referral of 2022 ballot measures

    The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the legislative referrals certified for the ballot, the votes that the referrals received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the referrals in each legislative chamber:

    Utah Emergency Session Appropriation Limits AmendmentDemocratsRepublicans
    Senate:Required: 20Yes votes: 29 (100%)No votes: 0 (0%)Yes: 6; No: 0Yes: 23; No: 0
    House:Required: 50Yes votes: 68 (90.67%)No votes: 5 (6.67%)Yes: 17; No: 0Yes: 51; No: 5

    Getting measures on the ballot

    See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in Utah

    Utah allows citizen initiatives in the form of initiated state statutes and veto referendums. In Utah, initiated state statutes can be either directly or indirectly initiated. Signature requirements for directly-initiated statutes and referendum petitions are determined by calculating 8 percent of active voters in the state as of January 1 of the year following the last regular general election. For 2022, the signature requirement is 137,929 valid signatures.[1] For indirectly initiated statute petitions, proponents must gather signatures equal to 4 percent of active voters—a requirement of 68,960 for the 2022 ballot—to get the initiative before state legislators.[2]A second, equal round of signatures is required if the legislature does not approve the initiative. The deadline to submit the first round of signatures for an indirect initiated state statute targeting the 2022 election ballot was November 15, 2021.

    State law establishes a final signature deadline for direct initiated state statutes and the second round of signatures for indirect initiatives as either 316 days after the initial initiative application was filed or February 15 of the election year, whichever is earlier. Moreover, signature petition sheet packets for direct initiatives must be submitted to county clerks on a rolling basis no more than 30 days after the first signature is added to the packet. Signatures for veto referendums must be submitted on a 14-day rolling basis and must all be submitted within 40 days of the adjournment of the legislative session at which the targeted bill was passed.

    The Utah Legislature can also place legislatively referred constitutional amendments and legislatively referred state statutes on the ballot. The legislature can put a proposed amendment on the ballot upon a two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers. The amendment must then be approved by a majority of voters voting in the general election, not just a majority of voters voting on the amendment.

    Referral of 2022 constitutional amendments

    The following table illustrates the vote requirements for the constitutional amendments certified for the ballot, the votes the amendment received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on the amendment in each legislative chamber:

    Utah Emergency Session Appropriation Limits AmendmentDemocratsRepublicans
    Senate:Required: 20Yes votes: 29 (100%)No votes: 0 (0%)Yes: 6; No: 0Yes: 23; No: 0
    House:Required: 50Yes votes: 68 (90.67%)No votes: 5 (6.67%)Yes: 17; No: 0Yes: 51; No: 5

    Historical facts

    See also: List of Utah ballot measures and History of Initiative & Referendum in Utah

    In Utah, a total of 74 ballot measures appeared on statewide ballots between 1985 and 2020. Fifty-eight ballot measures were approved, and 16 ballot measures were defeated.

    Utah statewide ballot measures, 1985-2020
    Total number Annual average Annual minimum Annual maximum Approved Defeated
    # % # %
    74
    2.31
    0
    7
    58
    78.38
    16
    21.62

    Ballot initiative certification rates

    See also: Ballot initiatives filed for the 2022 ballot

    The following table shows the rate of certification for ballot initiatives in Utah between 2010 and 2020:

    Utah statewide ballot initiatives filed and certified, 2010-2020
    Year Ballot initiatives filed Certified
    # %
    2020
    4
    0
    0.0
    2018
    6
    3
    50.0
    2016
    2
    0
    0.0
    2014
    0
    0
    0.0
    2012
    0
    0
    0.0
    2010
    5
    0
    0.0
    Averages
    2.8
    0.5
    8.3

    Local ballot measures

    See also: Utah 2022 local ballot measures

    Click here to read more about 2022 local ballot measures in Utah.

    Not on the ballot

    Type Title Subject Description Sponsor Status
    CISS Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative Voting Establishes open top-five primaries and ranked-choice voting for general elections Utahns for Fair Elections Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot
    CISS In-Person Voting and Voter Identification Voting Elections Requires a valid state ID to vote; makes in-person voting on election day the primary voting method Secure Vote Utah Proposed ballot measures that were not on a ballot


    See also

    Utah

    State profile

    Demographic data for Utah
     UtahU.S.
    Total population:2,990,632316,515,021
    Land area (sq mi):82,1703,531,905
    Race and ethnicity**
    White:87.6%73.6%
    Black/African American:1.1%12.6%
    Asian:2.2%5.1%
    Native American:1.1%0.8%
    Pacific Islander:0.9%0.2%
    Two or more:2.6%3%
    Hispanic/Latino:13.4%17.1%
    Education
    High school graduation rate:91.2%86.7%
    College graduation rate:31.1%29.8%
    Income
    Median household income:$60,727$53,889
    Persons below poverty level:12.7%11.3%
    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
    Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Utah.
    **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

    Presidential voting pattern

    See also: Presidential voting trends in Utah

    Utah voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.


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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Signature Requirements for a Statewide Referendum," accessed August 14, 2021
    2. ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Signature Requirements for a Statewide Initiative," accessed August 14, 2021
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