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Our call — vote NO
The measure
Amendment A is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on Utah's November 3, 2026 ballot. Utah's constitution currently requires proposed constitutional amendments to be published in a newspaper in each county for two months before the election. The amendment would instead require publication for 60 days "in a manner provided by statute." Contingent legislation (HB 481) specifies what that means in practice: publication as a Class A Notice on the Utah Public Notice Website and on the Lieutenant Governor's website.
What YES does
A yes vote moves the official publication of proposed amendments from county newspapers to the state's online public-notice system for the same 60-day period.
What NO does
A no vote keeps the newspaper-publication requirement written into the constitution.
The math
No fiscal note for this measure was published on its Ballotpedia page.
OUR CALL
Our call: no call.
This is a procedural question about where official notice lives in 2026. Online publication is cheaper and more searchable; print publication reaches some voters who never visit a state website, and several Utah counties have lost their newspapers entirely since the current rule was written — a fact that cuts both ways. No tax, rights, or integrity interest in our rubric turns on it. We print the facts and make no call.
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Sources
- Ballotpedia — Utah Amendment A measure page (accessed October 25, 2026)
- Ballotpedia — 2026 ballot measures — https://ballotpedia.org/2026_ballot_measures
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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