A “continuing political” party that “participated in the last regular general election” and “in at least one of the last two regular general elections, polled a total vote for any of its candidates for any office equal to 2% or more of the total votes cast for all candidates for the United States House of Representatives in the same regular general election.” Utah Code § 20A-8-101(1).

Only a registered political party that has not polled at least 2% or more or participated in the last regular general election would be required to comply with the petition procedures to show that their candidates had a medium support. 

Utah Code 20A-8-101(5). 

The Utah Republican party permits its members to seek its nomination by choosing to seek the nomination through its registered political party’s convention process. The Utah Supreme Court noted that it only requires the party to allow "either or both" paths to nomination. In the case of Utah Republican Party v. Cox, 892 F.3d 1066 (10th Cir. 2018), the majority ruled that SB 54 does not "regulate the party's internal process" because its primary compromise was to preserve the Party’s traditional caucus system as a route to the primary ballot. However, the Party’s "traditional caucus system" has never allowed candidates seeking the party nomination to bypass the nomination process through signature gathering.

Utah Code § 20A-9-101(13)(c)

The law does not provide the URP to nominate its candidates using the signature-gathering process, but Spencer Cox and Deidre Henderson forces this process upon it. Spencer Cox is a licensed bar attorney and involved in the lawsuit but chose to continue to violate the Constitutional rights of Utah. Making false material statements that he had super veto authority and can veto delegate votes.

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