The relevant part of the Utah legislative code is 20A-7 Part 2; here's a PDF of the whole thing. Note that, per 20A-1-201, "regular general elections"---which turn out to be the focal point of statewide ballot measures---are held in even-numbered years. The discussion below centers on the Nov 2022 ballot, but there are comments at [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Let's start with the bad news: We aimed to get 1,000 signatures a day in October and we fell short of that goal. At this point, getting on the 2020 ballot is either going to require (1) a greater rate of increase in our current volunteer effort or (2) large donations to hire more help [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Halloween "do or die": We've submitted over 31,000 signatures (!) and the latest info from the state (which has a lag of up to 30 days because of the time it takes to validate signatures) shows that they've validated over 22,000 signatures, but we need to do more in order to hit 1,000 signatures [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Halloween "do or die": We've submitted over 28,000 signatures (!) and the latest info from the state (which has a lag of up to 30 days because of the time it takes to validate signatures) shows that they've validated over 20,000 signatures, but we need to do more in order to hit 1,000 signatures [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Halloween "do or die": Last week we posted that in order to continue beyond October we needed to ramp up our efforts and hit 1000 signatures a day by the end of the month. We're making progress toward that target (almost 26,000 signatures submitted to date, an increase of almost 4,000 from [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Do or die by Halloween: The good news is that we’ve gathered over 22,000 signatures and that voters all around the state are eager to sign our petition! The bad news is that time is running out: In order to get 116,000 signatures by February 2020 we need to significantly step up our efforts. To [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: We've submitted 20,000 signatures! Thanks to everyone for helping us get this far, and congratulations to Callie Northrup, Joel Ban, and Ronan Carrier for making the 250 Club of folks who've gathered 250+ signatures! FYI the latest state tally (which is delayed by up to 30 days because of the time it [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: 250 Club update: Congrats to Brad Kropp, to Kelsey Carston, and to Sarah Thacker and her daughter Addie for being the newest members of the 250 Club (folks who have collected 250+ signatures); they join Anil Seth, Bob Cieri, Justin Saxton, Madi O'Neal, Charles Ashurst, and Kelly Kerr! Some of those folks are [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: This week I'm in Teasdale, mostly enjoying Capitol Reef National Park, but also checking in on occasion... except that the internet went out for most of the past 36 hours, thereby providing a fine example of why it would help to have $50 million a year for rural economic development here in [...]

Hello clean-air-and-climate friends: Mitt Romney comments on carbon taxes: Last month Senator Romney talked about a carbon tax policy that sounded an awful lot like our Clean The Darn Air proposal. Check out the transcript and video here, and remember---as with Governor Herbert's statement in June that he's "not opposed to looking at a carbon [...]