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GOP lawmakers vote for power to amend, repeal ballot initiatives. Now Utahns get final say.

Despite some resistance, the Legislature’s Republican supermajority passed an amendment that will undo a Supreme Court ruling protecting initiatives.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Utah Senate meets to discuss a constitutional amendment over citizen initiatives in the Senate during a special session, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. The GOP-led Legislature passed a constitutional amendment to overrule a Utah Supreme Court decision on a recent gerrymandering case.

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