By Lisa Riley Roche | KSL Radio/TV
State elections officials on Wednesday rejected a second referendum on the tax reform bill passed last week in a special session of the Utah Legislature.
The application by the People’s Right just before Tuesday’s deadline included sponsors who had not voted in a general election in the state within the last three years as required by law, a letter from Utah deputy elections director Derek Brenchley stated.
Steve Maxfield, the chairman of the group behind the referendum, said he included his newly-registered-to-vote 18-year-old son Morris as a sponsor to let him “exercise his right to directly participate in the legislative process.” Maxfield said he “absolutely” plans to challenge the state’s decision in court.
