Utah Voters Reject 60% Supermajority Rule for Tax Ballot Initiatives

Utah News Dispatch reports that preliminary election night results show voters rejecting Amendment B, a legislature-referred constitutional amendment that would have required ballot initiatives raising taxes to win 60% voter approval instead of a simple majority. With 63% voting no, the measure appears headed for defeat, pending canvass certification in two weeks. Opponents, including a coalition called Utahns Protecting Our Constitution, spent over $3 million campaigning against it, arguing it would have made Utah's 2018 Medicaid expansion ballot initiative fail under the stricter threshold. A companion measure, Amendment A, which changes constitutional amendment publication requirements, was on track to pass with nearly 60% support.

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