by Derek Monson | Feb 7, 2022
Cox’s defense of voting by mail highlights the need to focus on facts Written by Originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has argued articulately — both at home and in our nation’s capital — in favor of Utah’s system of primarily...
by Sutherland Institute | Feb 3, 2022
Sutherland Institute releases report on vote by mail Written by SALT LAKE CITY—Hoping to inform and elevate the debate about vote by mail, Sutherland Institute has released a new report, Examining the Evidence on Vote by Mail. Equipped with researched facts and...
by Derek Monson | Dec 17, 2021
Utah’s successful vote-by-mail program Written by A group recently submitted an application for a ballot initiative that would repeal access to vote by mail (VBM) for most Utahns, based on fears over the security of vote by mail. This would be a profound...
by Jonathan Ammons | Dec 17, 2021
Voting for America’s future Written by Jonathan Ammons In a famous speech delivered aboard the ship Arabella in 1630, John Winthrop spoke to his fellow Puritans about the gravity of their undertaking: “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a...
by Derek Monson | Dec 6, 2021
Scholarly research should help quiet political controversy around vote by mail Written by A recent political brouhaha in Northern Utah regarding election security has been followed up by local news coverage about how election security measures prevent...
by Derek Monson | Nov 5, 2021
The politics of vote by mail Written by Politics has been compared to a pendulum, and for good reason. Political support can swing back and forth over time, sometimes predictably and sometimes not. This has been the case when it comes to absentee voting...