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Governor Huntsman, Speaker Curtis, and President Valentine met yesterday to discuss how we can make the meaning and impact of November's voucher referendum clear for Utah voters. This is the joint statement we just sent to MSM statewide: Statement by Utah’s Governor, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives
Salt Lake City - The following is a joint statement by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, President John Valentine and Speaker Greg Curtis:
Citizens bear the ultimate responsibility for how their government operates and how their children are educated. As elected officials, we support the constitutional right of the people of our state to ratify or reject legislation through the referendum process.
We encourage a healthy process and a clear public decision on Utah’s Voucher Policy in November. In order for the referendum process to be effective, the electorate takes on the obligation to make an informed decision when casting their vote. We hope people become educated on this issue and engage in a manner befitting the citizens of a free republic.
A Special Session will not be called since an easy and practical remedy does not exist. We, however, are making our intentions clear: we honor the rule of law and will respect the outcome of the election.
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4 Comments:
I think Paul Rolly is about to break this story. I'll go over there and check out the latest on the backroom deals.
Unfortunately the May 18th Deseret News story about Rep. Curtis' intentions to ignore the results of the election if vouchers fail and pursue their implementation anyway makes it so I have to ask a follow up quesion.
Do you really mean that if vouchers fail in the referendum election that you'll not pursue implementation of vouchers in any form whatsoever or just that 148 won't be put into action? It is important to know this because the whole referendum process is pointless if the Legislature can game the system by passing the same law twice in an effort to avoid the referendum procedure like you did in this case with vouchers.
It is unfortunate that anyone should have to ask a question like that but Rep. Curtis' claims that he won't need to heed the will of voters on vouchers after the referendum election makes me wonder if Republicans can be counted on to mean what they say...especially when Curtis is included in this joint statement.
See my post on www.utahsenatedemocrats.org.
Scott
Saw it. It's a good post. Here’s the link.
At this point it seems obvious that
1 – Voters need clarity: exactly what will a Yes or a No vote on the referendum mean?
2 – The Legislature also needs that clarity. As long as it’s clear to voters and legislators what a Yes or No decision means, we can take the final outcome as instructive. If it’s not clear, political skirmishers on all sides will argue for years about how to interpret the vote.
3 – It appears that the Supreme Courts will probably provide the additional clarity we all need. If not, we can readdress the issue. (And if we decide to expound on the statement, above, we’ll definitely have Senator McCoy help edit.)
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