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Citizen Referendums

Where Utah residents have tried to put a city or county decision to a public vote, and where each effort stands. Click a pin for what was challenged, the key dates, and the case file. The map grows as new referendums are filed.

Voters decide on Nov. 3, 2026 Filed, and signatures or materials still pending Blocked, and the fight is now in court Over, with no public vote

Words on this map

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ReferendumTap to flip ↻
A citizen petition that asks voters to keep or reverse a law their city, county or state just passed. If enough valid signatures are turned in, the law is put on hold until the vote.
ReferableTap to flip ↻
Whether a decision can legally be sent to voters. Local governments have a set number of days after an application is filed to decide, and that decision can be appealed to court.
Legislative vs. administrativeTap to flip ↻
Utah courts allow a referendum only on a "legislative" act, one that sets new policy. An "administrative" act, applying existing policy to a specific case, generally can't be referred. That line is often the whole fight.
Signature thresholdTap to flip ↻
How many valid signatures are needed. Since H.B. 119 (2019), a land-use referendum in a first-class county needs 16% of active voters, compared with 7.5% to 7.75% for other local laws.
SponsorsTap to flip ↻
The residents who file the referendum application and are responsible for the petition and its signature packets.
Petition packetTap to flip ↻
The bound set of signature sheets a signature gatherer carries. Utah's Election Code sets strict rules on how packets are numbered and bound, and packets that miss them can be thrown out.
MootTap to flip ↻
A case a court dismisses because something else already settled the question, so a ruling would no longer change anything.
Vote-margin protectionTap to flip ↻
Under Utah Code 20A-7-602.8, some local land-use laws can't be referred to voters if they pass by a two-thirds vote (transit-area land use) or unanimously (municipal land use). S.B. 199 (2023) extended this protection.

What these have in common

Uintah County's Prop 9 is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot. Roy's petition is gathering signatures now and is already listed on the sample ballot as Prop 10. Eagle Mountain's is under way but is not on the Nov. 3 ballot. Box Elder's was stopped by a ruling that the decision couldn't be referred, and Summit County's by packet-binding rules.

The rules behind them

The Rules Keep Changing (Referendums) traces how Utah's referendum law has been rewritten since 2019, bill by bill, including the higher signature threshold for land-use referendums.

Related

The full referendum docket has every case file. MAP 002 shows this year's property tax increases, including Roy's. MAP 009 shows everything on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot, including Amendment B.

Know of a referendum that isn't here, or have an update on one that is (a petition filing, signature count, clerk's notice or court ruling)? Email webercountyhive@gmail.com. A link to the document helps.

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