A sweeping new election security bill would mandate 24-hour video surveillance at Utah’s ballot drop boxes and require first-time voters to show photo identification to participate in an election.
The legislation unveiled Thursday by Rep. Jon Hawkins would also require voters to write their driver license number, voter identification number or the last four digits of their Social Security number on their mail-in ballot envelope before returning it. In a new verification step, poll workers would compare the number to the information on file about the voter to make sure they match, according to the bill.
Video cameras would be stationed near each ballot drop box with a sign posted nearby to notify people that the premises are monitored around the clock. Ryan Cowley, the state’s elections director, said in a prepared statement that he appreciates some of the bill’s suggestions for a voter registration audit and strengthening the “ballot chain of custody requirements.”
Katie Matheson, deputy director of Alliance for a Better Utah, said Hawkins’ bill would make it harder for Utahns to vote and that advances “a dangerous narrative which weakens our institutions and makes it harder for government to deliver on the needs of the people.”
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