Activists file federal lawsuit challenging Utah referendum laws

Activists who have battled state rules that make it tough to use voter referendums to overturn new laws passed by the Legislature have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s limits on who may initiate such ballot drives.State law now requires that applications to start referendums be filed by at least five registered voters who participated in a general election within the past three years.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for Utah says the state rejected a petition seeking