SALT LAKE CITY — A committee of Utah lawmakers voted against approving a bill that would eventually phase out gathering signatures on paper in local elections.

The bill was debated Wednesday morning by members of the Government Operations Interim Committee, but the proposal failed to advance.

The text of the current bill requires the state to move to electronic signature gathering by 2030. It also requires state-approved devices, like a tablet or a phone, to scan driver’s licenses or other approved IDs of those who offer their signatures for a political candidate, ballot initiative, or referendum.

Those devices would have to be able to operate while not connected to the internet or cellular data by 2028.

The goals for, and the concerns about electronic signature-gathering bill

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