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  • Current LWVU Voter
  • Hate 'Biased'Crime Study
  • A Background Study of the Redevelopment Agencies of Utah
  • Political Decisions and Nuclear Waster Storage in Utah
  • Election Studies: Systems of Choosing Elective Officials, Part I; Election Systems Study Part II

LWV-UTAH VOTER --Volume 76 Fall 2007 Issue 2

  • Important Dates
  • President's Letter
  • Voter Service: A Sacred Right, The Myth of the Recount Menace
  • Legislative News: Education Vouchers, The Time for DC Voting Rigts is Now
  • LWVUT Program Issues: Immigration Consensus for the Utah League, Energy Independence and Climate Change
  • Local League News
  • Hate Crime Study (click to view)

  • Purpose: To inform the League of Women Voters of the history and controversy surrounding hate crime legislation (bias-motivated offense) in Utah .  This study will define hate crime, summarize Utah ’s history with hate crime legislation, discuss the arguments for and against the passage of hate crimes legislation into law and discuss the legal concerns surrounding the legislation.

  • A Background Study on the Redevelopment Agencies of Utah

    STUDY PURPOSE: The League of Women Voters of Utah is studying Redevelopment Agency (RDA) laws and their implementation in Utah to decide if the current law is in the best interests of the economic well being and civil rights of Utah citizens and if there could be changes that might improve the law.

    RDAs are created by municipalities or counties and enabled by state law.  However, some Utah legislators perceived abuses under the RDA law.  These abuses were centered on the use of eminent domain, misinterpretation of the concept of blight and the loss of property taxes by counties and schools.  The 2005 Legislature passed an amendment to the law, Senate Bill 184, to eliminate these abuses.  Most items in the amendment expired in 2006.   The Legislature then made several additional changes to the law in the 2006 Legislative session.

    This study is presented to give citizens the background to understand current legislation.

    Local Option Sales Tax ( further explanation)

  • Political Decisions and Nuclear Waste Storage in Utah 14

    • This is basically background information on the state of hazardous waste in Utah , how we got where we are and what if anything we can do about it.  The committee has prepared some discussion questions for local unit time and also some consensus questions.  We are hoping to have a statewide position ready by convention.  Local members will have the option of planning unit time, or having their board answer the consensus questions, or have their individual members respond directly to state. 
    • For an update on Nuclear Waste issues as a result of the 2005 Legislative Session
    • Position - August 2006

    Election Studies

    Systems of Choosing Elected Officials Part I

    • This background study was prepared by Ann O’Connell.  It is a collection of two studies written by California Leagues that inform and/or clarify the many systems or types of elections available and used by different local and state governments.

    Elections Systems Study Part II

    • The Major Election Systems study of the Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, League of Women Voters will provide the material for Part II . An overview of this study was written by Ann OConnell for the LWV-SL Voter.

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