2020 Utah Constitutional Amendment A
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The Utah Gender-Neutral Constitutional Language Amendment, appearing on the ballot as Utah Constitutional Amendment A,[1] is a constitutional amendment in Utah, which appeared on the ballot on November 3, 2020.[2]
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The amendment intended to replace all gendered language in the Constitution of Utah with gender-neutral language.[2] According to Deidre Henderson, the State Senator who proposed the amendment, only 6 of the 237 sections of the constitution would be modified, in order to bring them in line with the other 231 sections, which already use gender-neutral language.[2][3] The amendment was unanimously approved in both the State Senate and the Utah House of Representatives, allowing it to be put on the ballot.[4] If the amendment was passed by voters, it would go into effect on January 1, 2021.[1][2][5]
The amendment passed with 57.69% of the votes.[2]
Results
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Yes |
828,629 | 57.69% |
| No | 607,829 | 42.31% |
| Total | 1,436,458 | 100.00% |
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,857,861 | 77.31% |
| Source: Lieutenant Governor's Office[6] | ||
