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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]
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]
Choice | Votes | % |
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![]() | 828,585 | 57.69 |
No | 607,779 | 42.31 |
Total | 1,436,364 | 100 |
Registered voters/turnout | 1,857,861 | 77.31 |
Source: Lieutenant Governor's Office [6] |