Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Officials to Study E-signatures

Bill directing the Lieutenant Governor to study the feasibility of gathering signatures for initiative drives is headed to the governor

By: Blackrulon

I read a interesting story in yesterday's (March 4) Salt Lake Tribune. It appears that a bill directing the Lieutenant Governor to study the feasibility of gathering signatures for initiative drives is headed to the governor:

• Utah officials to study e-signatures

"This bill doesn't say were going to use electronic signatures"...I personally have very serious reservations about the initiative process", said Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, but the bill "gives direction to the lieutenant governor to conduct a study on the state of security and technology when it comes to electronic signatures."

So what about it, O Gentle Ones? Will the Governor's office make serious recommendations to strengthen the right of the common Utah lumpencitizens to stand on an equal footing with legislators in the State House and Senate, and directly enact their own legislation as provided by Utah Constitutional Article VI §1(A) & (B)? Or will our authoritarian elected Utah political officials again ignore the constitution and continue to erect ridiculously high barriers preventing Utah citizens from having any real practical and direct influence on Utah laws?