HB551 would prevent elected officials from sending out mass communications, such as direct mail, or putting up billboards promoting themselves within 60 days of an election where they’re a candidate.

Utah's Republican-controlled House has passed a bill requiring voters to opt in to receive their ballots in the mail.

Several changes have been made to an election bill, which is now proposing voters opt-in to vote by mail and provide the last four digits of their ID number when voting.

A bill that originally would have drastically restricted voting by mail in Utah got a makeover after House and Senate legislative leaders struck a compromise — then it quickly cleared another major legislative hurdle.

Utah lawmakers revised an elections reform bill to require voters to opt in to receiving a ballot in the mail starting in 2028.