Utah looks to ditch vote-by-mail for drop boxes. 58% of boxes are not accessible to people with disabilities.
“We recognize that that’s a flaw, and we’re going to fix it,” the Republican sponsor of the bill told his colleagues before they passed the version without the fix to the full House.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Travis Drown deposits his ballot in the drop box at Salt Lake County Government Center, on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.
Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.