Utah Amendment B to set 60% bar for ballot initiatives that increase taxes fails

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 1,353

Last Updated: 5 days, 16 hours ago

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Preliminary election night results show Utahns rejecting the Utah Legislature’s proposed constitutional amendment that would have made it harder for ballot initiatives that come with tax increases to pass into law.

Amendment B — which would require certain citizen-proposed laws to be approved by at least 60% of voters instead of a simple majority as currently required in the Utah Constitution — had only 38% approval after polls closed at …

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