Utah Amendment A, Change Requirements for Secret Elections Measure (2010)

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Utah Amendment A

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Election date

November 2, 2010

Topic
Collective bargaining and Election administration and governance
Status

ApprovedApproved

Type
Legislatively referred constitutional amendment 		Origin

State legislature


Utah Amendment A was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Utah on November 2, 2010. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to state that elections held by secret ballot include:

  • elections for public office under federal or state law; 
  • initiatives and referendums; and
  • elections to designate employee representation (like union formations, for example).

A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to change the requirements for elections by secret ballot.


Election results

Utah Amendment A

Result Votes Percentage

Approved Yes

361,527 59.97%
No 241,323 40.03%
Results are officially certified.
Source


Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Amendment A was as follows:

“Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to specify that elections currently required to be by secret ballot include elections under state or federal law for public offices, on an initiative or referendum, or to designate or authorize employee or individual representation?”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.


Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Utah Constitution

A two-thirds majority vote in both the legislative chambers vote is required during one legislative session for the Utah State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Utah House of Representatives and 20 votes in the Utah State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

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