The Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office on Wednesday halted one of two citizen referendums seeking to overturn tax reform legislation passed last week.
It rejected the application by The People’s Right because only four of its six official sponsors voted in the last general election, and five are required by state law, said a letter by Derek Brenchley, deputy director of elections for Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox.
That infuriates the leader of the group, Steve Maxfield, who says he plans to challenge it quickly in court, along with other provisions that he said have made referendums virtually impossible despite a mandate for them in the Utah Constitution.