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Cushman: Utah Has a Chance to Enact Term Limits and End Career Politicians

Cushman: Utah Has a Chance to Enact Term Limits and End Career Politicians

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer January 12, 2020

In the summer of 2019, the United Utah Party proposed a ballot initiative to reinstate term limits for Utah state legislators. My colleague Sheely Edwards criticized the proposal as “false advertising,”...

Former Governor Jon Huntsman speaking at CPAC FL in Orlando, Florida. (Courtesy Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons)

Reese: Utah’s 2020 GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Have A Rocky Primary Ahead

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer December 23, 2019

As the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries are heating up, so too are several state-wide races. Most notable to Utahns is Utah’s 2020 gubernatorial race. An announcement by Jon Huntsman’s campaign...

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Cushman: Participate in Elections to Cause Real Change

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer December 3, 2019

The debate over voter suppression heats up every election cycle as many Americans still feel that their voices are being intentionally excluded from the political conversation. Voter suppression comes...

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Cushman: Party-Run Primaries Present Problems

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer November 6, 2019

Faith in American institutions has been on a decline since 1958, when the National Election Study first began polling about trust in the government. The amount of Americans who believe they can trust their...

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Edwards: False Advertising Pitches Term Limits as a Simple Solution

By Sheely Edwards, Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2019

  The United Utah Party recently launched a ballot initiative campaign to impose limits on state elected officials in Utah. If passed in November 2020, “Unite 4 Term Limits” would limit state...

U.S. House of Representatives chamber. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Cushman: Democratic Impeachment Efforts May Help Trump in 2020

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer October 16, 2019

Amid the influx of news following the announcement by House Democrats of their impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, it can be hard to keep up with what is happening in American politics. Considering...

A March to the Mailbox rally sign from the 2010 Census. (Courtesy Flickr)

Starr: An Efficient Census is Necessary For Effective Democracy

By Kennedie Starr, Opinion Writer October 2, 2019

When the Constitution was drafted and ratified by the Founders, they decided that direct taxation and each state’s number of representatives would be determined by population. The apportionment procedure...

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Edwards: For Those Frustrated with National Chaos, Local Politics is a Better Focus

By Sheely Edwards, Editor-in-Chief August 30, 2019

  Last November, over 75% of all active, registered voters in Utah turned out to vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections. Tens of thousands of new voters were registered across the state, and hundreds...

Girl Scouts visit the Utah State Legislature. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Edwards: Prop Four Can Reduce Gerrymandering Problems. Utah Legislators Should Keep It As Is.

By Sheely Edwards, Editor-in-Chief July 28, 2019

  Last November, Utah voters passed three ballot initiatives, one of which was Proposition Four — an anti-gerrymandering initiative that establishes an independent redistricting commission to...

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Reese: Mass Incarceration is a Form of Voter Suppression

By Isaac Reese, Opinion Writer July 21, 2019

  It is no secret that the United States federal government — as well as state governments across the country — has a history of implementing laws to prevent communities of color from exercising...

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