Bill to require in-person ID to return by-mail ballots stalls in Utah Senate

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 723

Last Updated: 6 days, 12 hours ago

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A Utah lawmaker’s effort to require Utahns to return their by-mail ballots in person while showing a form of identification appears to have hit a dead end for a second year in a row.

Rep. Jefferson Burton’s bill, HB479, stalled in a Senate committee Tuesday night after Senate Majority Assistant Whip Mike McKell, the bill’s Senate sponsor, motioned to move on with the committee’s agenda without taking action on the bill.

McKell, …

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