Governor Spencer Cox last week signed into law a bill that changes the filing periods for running for elected positions. The bill, S.B. 170, changes the candidate filing period from March 7 through 11, to Feb. 28 through March 4, a full week earlier. “The caucus night this year falls on the second day of the filing period,” said Sen. Wayne Harper, the bill’s sponsor. “That’s a problem, because the people attending their neighborhood caucuses do not know who the candidates may be.” Harper continued that working with the state parties and the lieutenant governor’s office, he crafted a bill to...

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