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State Rep. Phil Lyman has launched a write-in campaign for governor after the Utah Supreme Court dismissed his petition to remove Gov. Spencer Cox from office and name himself as the Republican nominee in November’s election.

Lyman lost to Cox in the GOP primary election on June 25 by more than 37,500 votes. He has not yet conceded, citing concerns over the transparency of signature packets and a 10-year-old law that provides an alternative route to primary elections other than the GOP nominating convention, which Lyman won in April.

A few of Lyman’s colleagues in the Utah Legislature say Lyman, who will continue to represent southeastern Utah until January, is drawing attention to real reforms that need to be made to Utah election law.

But several GOP lawmakers in the state’s House and Senate expressed worry that his last-ditch efforts to appear on the general election ballot are the wrong way to advertise or achieve such reforms, and will help Cox’s Democratic opponent, state Rep. Brian King, while hurting the Utah Republican Party.

Read more about what state lawmakers have said about the write-in campaign.

Utahns to vote on a constitutional amendment that would alter how income tax revenues can be used

Come November, Utah voters will once again consider a proposal to alter the long-standing earmark on income tax revenue for education.

The earmark has twice been expanded by Utah voters, first in 1996 to allow income tax revenue to also fund higher education and again in 2020, to include non-education services for children and people with disabilities.

This time, a proposed constitutional amendment would remove the earmark that limits the use of state income tax collections to only public and higher education, along with some social services needs.

A new report by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute says “removing the constitutional earmark would improve budget flexibility for state lawmakers.”

Read more about the report and what to expect on the ballot in November.

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