SALT LAKE CITY — Voters in some Utah counties may be able to vote by mail rather than going to ballot box.
The House approved a bill Monday that would allow counties the option of vote-by-mail. Voting in person would also remain as an option. The lieutenant governor's office would study the practice to determine whether to take it statewide.
Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, sponsor of HB172, said it would boost voter turnout in Utah, which consistently ranks among the lowest in the country.
Rep. Jim Dunnigan, R-Taylorsville, said vote-by-mail is not a panacea for low voter turnout and has "real potential for monkey business."
The bill now goes to the Senate.
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Anyone too lazy to get to the polls should be be voting anyway.
Vote by mail just opens the door wide for massive voter fraud.
Do we want our dead to vote early and often like they do in Chicago? Or people with fraudulant