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    A survey sent out by URP Chair James Evan's RE SB 54.

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    Dear As you know, the Utah Republican Party has some important decisions before us relating to the passage of Senate Bill 54 in the 2014 Utah Legislative session. In order to ase, ion amongst Party members over a number of proposed ideas related GERRY membership, candidate support, ete. Some of these ideas have mone headlines; others have not been so widely GSSeminated. For this survey, we have not eliminated any of these dace because as a Party, we're committed to public lebate on all ideas and through that process we end up with goed ‘Solutions, even if the process is sometimes a little messy. {co the Party in the self-addressed stamped envelope as quickly as possible. We Soth State Central Committee meeting. Thank you in advance for your ican Party James M. Evans Chairman Utah Republican Party Choosing a Path (Question 4 ‘SB 54 mandates that candidates be selected in ® primary contest in order to appear on the general election ballot. It allows political parties to choose one of two ways to have their candidates appear on the ballot: Qualified Poliical Party Route (QPP)~ This route allows a member of the Republican Party to run for partisan public office ether through the caucus/eonvention system, or by gathering signatures of Republican and unaffiliated voters in that distit, or they can choose fo utlize both options. Ifthe candidate is successful in either effort they will appesr on the brimary ball. The QPP route mandates atthe very least that we open our primary to unaffiated voters, although volo registered in other politcal parties may be barred from voting in tho UTGOP primary. Registered Poltical Party Route (RPP) ~ This route allows a member of the Republican Party to run for partisan public office only through a direct primary by gathering the required numberof signatures. The RPP route allows the Party to have a closed primary. 1.) Which path should the Utah Republican Party choose? A.) Qualified Political Party (QPP) B.) Registered Polltical Party (RPP) C.) Not sure 1 Paid for by the Utah Republican Party (over please) wwnw.utgop.org Legal Challenge (Question 2) ‘SB 54 was a compromise reached by the Utah legislature and Count M to the compromise, and we fled a legal challenge in federal court on the Fohis. The Utah Republican Party position has always been that we are a private organizalion and the state does net have the constitutional authority to reach in and mandate the specifics of how we select our nominees for various elosted offices who represent our poltical platform on the general election ballot With ths in mind, the prudent approach isto obtain constitutional clarity and legal certainty on this matter. Under the current schedule, the cour is not expected to Gecide the ultimate questions in the case itself until January 2016. The judge denied the Party's motioa fora preliminary injunction, in par, because we had not yet selected one of the paths (QPP or RPP). Ifthe Party chooses the GPP route. it will then ask the court to impose a stay on the provision of SB 54 that mandates an open primary. ¥y Vote. The Utah Republican Party was not a party 'e grounds that SB 54 violated our constitutional ‘Should the Utah Republican Party continue its legal challenge against SB 547 A) Yes B.) No ©.) Not sure Party Membership (Questions 3 - 5) Under SB54, candidates are not prohibited from serving as officer in other poitical parties. We can remedy this by changing our Party membership requirements so that candidates may not hold ofce in another potical party 5.) Should 2 Republican cancidate be prohibited from being a member or an officer in another registered political party? A) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure For many years, the Utah Republican Party has required candidates to sign a platform disclosure statement indicating whether they support the Party platform. The platform is a docurnent that lists the Party's beliefs and principles including limited government, free markets and family values. To view the Utah Republican Party platform, please visit: www.utaop.ora/about.aspifi Candidates may also identify any part of the platform with which they disagree, and suggest changes. Under SB 54, there Is no requirement for candidates who gather signatures to sign a platform disclosure statement. We can address this by requiring candidates to sign a disclosure statement as a condition of UTGOP membership. 4.) Should all Republican candidates, regardless of whether they go through the caucus convention system or collect signatures, be required to sign a platform disclosure statement? Ad) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure At least one county party organization currently requires candidates who plan to run as a Republican to meet with the county Party in order to be qualified to run as a Republican, 5.) Should Republican candidates be required to meet with the Republican Party in order to officially run as a Republican? A)Yes B.) No C.) Not sure a Paid for by the Utah Republican Party wanw.utgop.org oy tf you answered yes, please identify in the comments section below what should be discussed in that meeting ‘and who should conduet it. Candidate Support (Questions 6 - 11) {n'this Section, we are asking you to help us determine whether we should offer resources only to candidates who go though the caucus convention system, or if we should also offer resources to candidate wre ‘gather signatures through mre peliton route. In alton, we are seeking your feedback as to whether the Pary shocld enaoree coldatee primary ‘aces or remain neutral ) Should the candidates who only go through the caucus convention process have access te the Party's resources? ‘These resources include the Party's e-mail list, its discounted postage rate, data toole an Party volunteers. A) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure ra chaul cancldates who go through the caucus convention system and gather signatures through the petition route Taye 2eeess tothe partys resources? These resources include the Pat's e-mal isis decounted postage rate, daa tools and Party volunteers, A) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure 8.) Should candidates who only gather signatures through the petition route have access to the Party's resources? These resources include the Party's e-mai list, ts discounted postage rate, data tools and Party volunteers. A) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure 9.) Should the Party endorse candidates during the primary? A) Yes B.) No C.) Not sure 'Fyou answered "yes" fo the previous question, please answer questions 10-14. If you answered “no” to the Previous question, please skip to question 12. 10.) I the Republican Party chooses to endorse candidates in the primary, who should the endorsement be available to? ‘A)) Candidates who only go through the caucus convention system B.) Candidates who go through the caucus convention system and gather petition signatures C.) Candidates who only gather signatures through the petition route. D.) Not sure. 3 Paid for by the Utah Republican Party www.utgop.org 11.) If the Party chooses to endorse candidates, should wer A) Limit the endorsement to one candidate per race: B.) Make endorsements available to more than one candidate per race Caucus Convention Threshold (Questions 12 - 13) In this section, we are asking you to help us determine if we should change our convention threshold, Prior to SB 54, if candidate received at least 60 % of the convention vote, they became the Party's nominee on the. general election ballot, without running in the primary. Under SB 54 if the Party selects the QPP route candidates may choose to run at the Party's convention or gather signatures to earn a place on the primary ballot. By changing the convention threshold more candidates may choose to run at the Party's convention to ‘eam a place on the primary ballot. 12.) Should the Party change the convention threshold to ellow more convention candidates to proceed to the primary ballot? A) Yes 8.)No C.) Not sure 13.) I you answered yes to question 12 what is the minimum percentage of the delegate vote should a candidate receive ‘at convention to earn a place on the primary ballot? A) At least 20% B,) At least 25% ©) Atleast 30% D.) Atleast 35% Plurality (Question 14) Under SB54, a Republican candidate could become the Party nominee with only a plurality of the vote. For example, the ‘eventual Republican nominee may receive as tie 10 % or 15 % of the vote if many Republican candidates run in the primary. 414.) Should the legislature amend SB5¢ and require that a candidate secure a majority vote in order to become the: A) Yes 8.) No CC.) Not sure Open Primaries (Question 15) SSB 54 opens the Republican primaries to unafflated votes for QPP. For your reference, there are roughly 600,000 registered Republicans and 600,000 registered unaffliated voters, Some people argue that this wil boost voter Participation by allowing unatfliated voters to be a part of the process, while others argue that this will make it more

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