The Utah Legislature is, at the time of creating this webpage, appealing a decision that voided Amendment D. Amendment D is the legislature's response to the Utah Supreme Court's recent decision in League of Women Voters of Utah et al v Utah State Legislature et al, which produced some serious concern as to the balance of power in Utah. From my perspective, the issues addressed in the League of Women Voters case do need to be the focus of a constitutional amendment, but I also believe that this case is simply part of a larger issue that is concerning many people, that of whether or not they can properly check and balance government officials through elections.

I do not support Amendment D as I do not believe that Amendment D properly addresses the issues, and it leaves power still unchecked and unbalanced. To correct the issues, we need to address the root of many of the issues. The letter I drafted below provides an explanation about these issues and a path forward to helping give Utah a strong system of checks and balances. This will enable Utah to operate at its highest potential if each source of power is properly checked and balanced.

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We will see what the Utah Supreme Court does with the lower court's ruling that voided Amendment D. Either way, Amendment D will be on your ballot (as it was there when the ballots were sent for printing), and so voting the way you feel is important signals to the legislature what you will do when this issue comes up again or it is an actual vote if the Utah Supreme Court reverses the lower court.

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However, I do not believe that we should ever give the government power until there are proper checks and balances in place first. Checks and balances first, power second. You can read more thoughts below. There is also a video that discusses the amendment and its pros and cons (this video was made prior to the lawsuit that voided the amendment).