{"id":4814,"date":"2022-09-06T15:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4814"},"modified":"2022-09-06T15:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T19:33:31","slug":"whats-going-on-with-ranked-choice-voting-in-utah-a-qa-with-derek-monson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/whats-going-on-with-ranked-choice-voting-in-utah-a-qa-with-derek-monson\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s going on with ranked choice voting in Utah? A Q&#038;A with Derek Monson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"284\" data-attachment-id=\"4514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/georgias-election-law-and-voter-suppression-a-qa-with-ilya-shapiro\/kosar-election-series-banner-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,284\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-300x83.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Kosar-Election-Series-Banner-Final-768x213.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utah is a very conservative state. Its two senators and four House members are Republicans, as are its governor and attorney general. The GOP holds majorities in both the state\u2019s legislative chambers. The right has been in charge for\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Party_control_of_Utah_state_government\" target=\"_blank\">decades<\/a>. The state prides itself in running elections that make it\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/politics-and-public-opinion\/how-utah-balances-ballot-access-and-election-security-a-qa-with-amelia-powers-gardner\/\" target=\"_blank\">easy to vote and hard to cheat<\/a>. Utah election officials\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sutherlandinstitute.org\/new-voting-trends-show-the-strength-of-utahs-approach-to-vote-by-mail\/\" target=\"_blank\">mail<\/a>\u00a0every active registered voter a ballot, and every county has drop boxes. The state offers early voting, same-day voter registration, and e-ballot return for overseas, military, and disabled voters. Voter turnout was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/politics-and-public-opinion\/how-utah-balances-ballot-access-and-election-security-a-qa-with-amelia-powers-gardner\/\">90 percent<\/a>\u00a0in 2020&#8230;. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/uncategorized\/whats-going-on-with-ranked-choice-voting-in-utah-a-qa-with-derek-monson\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah is a very conservative state. Its two senators and four House members are Republicans, as are its governor and attorney general. The GOP holds majorities in both the state\u2019s legislative chambers. The right has been in charge for\u00a0decades. The state prides itself in running elections that make it\u00a0easy to vote and hard to cheat. 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