When the Utah State Constitution says, "All elections shall be by secret ballot" some are concerned this could be misinterpreted to mean only "sometimes." This amendment adds new language language to the Utah State Constitution to ensure a secret ballot vote.
Republicans support this measure and state historical facts and potential future legislation as threats to our secret ballot laws. They claim the "Employee Free Choice Act" could trump our state constitution on secret ballot laws. Democrats claim this is simply a message bill that was pushed through the legislature to simply make a statement.
The amendment says, "All elections, including elections under state or federal law for public office, on an initiative or referendum or to designate or authorize employee representation shall be by secret ballot."
So when it said "ALL ELECTIONS," people started to panic it wasn't specific enough. In my opinion. "Secret Ballots" haven't had a problem since Utah was founded and I am not a fan of messing with the constitution in any form. I say leave it be and if a problem ever does come up, then we can discuss it. It's not broken so why fix it.
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