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Utah lawmaker proposes allowing Legislature to call ‘special retention elections’ for ‘unfit’ judges
Amid ongoing tensions between the Utah Legislature and the state’s judiciary, a lawmaker wants to ask voters to give the Legislature the power to call a “special retention election” if legislators decide that a judge is “unfit or incompetent.” Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George, is sponsoring HJR13. If the Legislature passes that resolution for the 2026 November ballot and a majority of voters approve it, the Utah Constitution would be changed to grant lawmakers the authority to put judges up for retention elections sooner than their regular six-year terms if the full Legislature ...
