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Our call — vote YES
The measure
Amendment B is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on Utah's November 3, 2026 ballot. Citizen-initiated laws currently take effect on a simple majority of voters. Under this amendment, an initiated law that imposes a new tax, expands an existing tax, increases a tax rate, or changes a property tax rate so that it decreases less than it would under current law would require 60% voter approval to pass. Initiatives that do not raise taxes would still pass by simple majority.
What YES does
A yes vote sets a 60% supermajority for tax-raising citizen initiatives, while every other initiative keeps the majority rule.
What NO does
A no vote leaves tax increases available through the initiative process on a bare majority.
The math
No fiscal note for this measure was published on its Ballotpedia page; the amendment changes a voting threshold, not a rate.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Raising taxes on every Utahn should require more than 50% plus one in a single election — especially through an initiative, where there is no committee process, no amendment, and no governor's veto to catch a badly drafted tax. Sixty percent is a consensus test, not a ban: a genuinely popular tax can clear it, and tax cuts remain majority-rule. Making government growth harder than government restraint is sound constitutional design. Vote yes.
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Sources
- Ballotpedia — Utah Amendment B 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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