Blockbuster Democracy - logo
 

Utah Court Looking at Ban on Ballot Box Planning

June 22, 2008 - 3:43pm

Earlier this year, Utah produced a new law barring citiznes from using local ballots to block specific land-use decisions. This attempt to slow down the phenomenon known as ballot box planning has run into trouble, however. The Utah Supreme Court is now examining a challenge to the law's constitutionality. Utah papers seem to think the law should be overturned.

Post new comment

Please note that comments are reviewed by an editor prior to publication. We welcome all relevant critiques, feedback and counterarguments, but comments that are profane, offensive, off-topic or blatantly commercial will not be published.
The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
CAPTCHA
This question is for weeding out automated spam submissions.