Supreme Court rejects appeal over SB54, meaning Utah's law allowing candidates to gather signatures stands. . . for now

The legal fight over SB54 - the Utah law allowing candidates to gather signatures to get on the ballot - is over. On Monday, the Supreme Court officially refused to hear the Utah Republican party's appeal of a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year, meaning the law stands.

That also means the arch-conservative wing of the Utah GOP who was pushing the high court to hear the issue has lost once again.

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