New Count My Vote initiative filed with state

SALT LAKE CITY — An application to circulate the Count My Vote initiative establishing direct primary elections in Utah was filed Wednesday with the lieutenant governor's office."This issue has been debated publicly for many years, but now is the time for the people of Utah to decide," backers of the initiative wrote in an application letter to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox.Direct primaries are intended to "improve voter participation, enhance candidates' access to the ballot, require nominees to s