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320,000 signatures submitted in an effort to repeal Utah's collective bargaining ban (www.deseret.com)

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Protect Utah Workers coalition exceeded its goal, submitting over 320,000 signatures supporting referendum against HB267.

If enough signatures are verified, a referendum to repeal HB267 will go on the ballot in 2026.

A Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll showed that 34% of Utahns support the law and 38% are against it.

During a press conference after the signatures were submitted to the Salt Lake County clerk, John Arthur, a sixth grade teacher in Salt Lake City and a member of the Utah Education Association, shared that the coalition had collected over 320,000 signatures in support of the referendum.

“We are on track to becoming not only the most successful citizen led referendum in Utah history, but one of the most successful in our nation’s history. I’m used to teaching history, but today we’re out here making it because we turn frustration into action and action into results,” Arthur said.

If the group has gathered enough signatures, it can get a referendum on the ballot in 2026 allowing Utahns to vote on whether to repeal HB267, a law which bans public sector collective bargaining. The law was passed by the Legislature earlier this year and was one of the first bills signed by the governor during the session.

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