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Hate daylight saving time change twice a year? One Utah lawmaker wants to let residents vote on it.

After again falling back an hour over the weekend to end daylight saving time and readjusting body clocks, would you like a chance to vote to end such twice-a-year switching?

The issue actually had a chance to be on Tuesday’s ballot, but legislators last year narrowly defeated a bill that would have allowed it. A Provo lawmaker who has pushed for such a public vote says he’s thinking about making another run at it.

“My inconsistent colleagues said, ‘No, we don’t want to have nonbinding opinion questions on the ballot. That would be a horrible idea,” said Rep.