Three steps to becoming a more informed voter
The June 26 primary election is just around the corner. If you don’t know who or what will be on your ballot, then it’s time to find out. Fortunately, the state of Utah has a great resource for you to...
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Behind progressives’ fixation with easy voting
A state judge has temporarily struck down parts of a Pennsylvania law requiring voters to show approved identification at their polling places. The state law requires all voters to show a picture ID...
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Are think tanks becoming over-politicized?
United States Capitol. (Photo: Kevin McCoy) Tevi Troy, who has worked for American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the American Action Forum, offers...
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Tevi Troy, who has worked for American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, and the American Action Forum, offers some intriguing thoughts for National Affairs...
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The caucus devil we know
Photo Credit: Scott Catron http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/5-28-13MM-2.mp3 The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio...
View ArticleThe caucus devil we know
Over the past two years I’ve taken part in a few private meetings regarding how Utah’s caucus and convention system could be changed to avoid having the “angry few” disproportionately influence the...
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New! Utah Local Elections Guide
Are you looking for information on the candidates in your city? We’ve compiled information for Utah’s largest cities and posted it on Utah Citizen Network.
View ArticleNew! Utah Local Elections Guide
Are you looking for information on the candidates in your city? We’ve compiled information for Utah’s largest cities and posted it on Utah Citizen Network.
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The motives behind Count My Vote
http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/9-24-13-2MM.mp3 The following post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations. One of the...
View ArticleLively debate over caucuses and Count My Vote at SI event
Sutherland Institute held its annual legislative policy conference yesterday, which included a rousing debate on the caucus convention system and the Count My Vote ballot initiative drive. KNRS’s Rod...
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Lively debate over caucuses and Count My Vote at SI event
Audience and panelists at Sutherland’s Legislative Policy Conference on Jan. 15 at the state Capitol. Sutherland Institute held its annual legislative policy conference yesterday, which included a...
View ArticleCount My Vote will put decisions in hands of fat cats
http://sutherlandinstitute.org/uploaded_files/meromoment/1-20-14MM.mp3 During a Sutherland Institute panel last week at the state Capitol discussing the Count My Vote initiative, I mentioned that I...
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Count My Vote supporters don’t know when to call it a win
Count My Vote is not an issue high on the priority list for Sutherland Institute, and yet, it inexorably draws my attention. I’m stunned when the “reasonable” people – normally the adults in the room –...
View ArticleCount My Vote supporters don’t know when to call it a win
Count My Vote is not an issue high on the priority list for Sutherland Institute, and yet, it inexorably draws my attention. I’m stunned when the “reasonable” people – normally the adults in the room –...
View ArticleStay outta my way!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zALxe1KBXro&feature=youtu.be In this video clip from Sutherland’s 2014 Legislative Policy Conference, Paul Mero asks two supporters of the Count My Vote initiative,...
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In this video clip from Sutherland’s 2014 Legislative Policy Conference, Paul Mero asks two supporters of the Count My Vote initiative, LaVarr Webb and Kirk Jowers, whether they would drop Count My...
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Election solution may be a Pyrrhic victory – Mero Moment, 3/11/14
This post is a transcript of a 4-minute weekly radio commentary aired on several Utah radio stations. (Scroll down for podcast.) As the legislative version of the Count My Vote initiative is signed...
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What time is it? Caucus time!
Party caucuses are tonight and Thursday, so here’s your chance to have a voice in Utah’s political process! Click here for a giant infographic explaining how Utah’s caucus system works. Click here to...
View ArticleOn Point video: Utah primaries and hot-topic court rulings, 6/26/14
In this episode of On Point, “Holly on the Hill” blogger Holly Richardson is joined by three lawyers – Michelle Mumford, assistant dean at the BYU Law School; Curt Bentley, Utah political blogger; and...
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State school board selection: The ‘partisan elections are unconstitutional’...
After federal Judge Clark Waddoups’s recent ruling that Utah’s current state board election system is unconstitutional, a new argument from advocates of nonpartisan state school board elections has...
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