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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Republican Party wants to tweak caucus night, as a movement tries to do away with the system altogether.
On Saturday, Oct. 26, the party's central committee will meet in Fillmore to look at several proposals to improve neighborhood caucus night. It will basically seek to make the process more efficient and help those who cannot attend that night to still be involved.
Proposals include things like online check in, same-day balloting and better ways to include those who cannot attend.
Members of the group Count My Vote said not everyone can go on caucus night, or the neighborhood meetings can be taken over by a vocal minority. So, they want a direct Primary Election. Group members have been holding meetings around the state as they push for a proposal to be on the ballot.
But, as Utah Policy points out, under the Count My Vote proposal Republicans will face a much, much higher threshold to qualify for their party's ballot than Democrats will. The Count My Vote initiative calls for a candidate to get 2 percent of their party's registered voters in their district to be able to get on their party's primary ballot.
