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Utah judge rules against partisan elections for state school board

In challenge to SB78, ruling in 3rd District Court invokes Utah Constitution’s ban on partisan tests for ‘employment’ in the public school system.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Attorney David Irvine speaks at a news conference in Salt Lake City Tuesday June 27, 2017, announcing the filing of a lawsuit challenging the 2016 law establishing partisan elections for the Utah State Board of Education. On Monday, a judge ruled that the law, Senate Bill 78, violated provisions of the Utah Constitution.