Utah GOP 2012 Caucus March 15 Democrats March 13

The State Central Committee (100 in attendance) voted Saturday
August 27, 2011 to hold the Utah GOP Caucus/mass meeting on a
different night than the Democratic Caucus.  They didn't take a count
consequently no one has been able to tell me how many of the 100
SCC members voted for the different night from the Democrats.

Factoring in the decision is the

Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act)

The Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act is a federal law that is designed to improve the delivery of absentee ballots to members of the armed forces and Americans temporarily living overseas.

This Act passed congress in 2009 and gives the military men more time
to receive and cast their ballots. My blog post on MOVE ACT

Utah Legislature votes on SB 162 to comply with MOVE ACT 

Text of Utah SB 162

Note the times that SB 162 was voted on, March 4 House, 

and March 9 in Senate.  There was such a huge uproar by that 

time on HB 477  I guess no one noticed the impact of this bill on Utah.

Date of votes listed in Utah Legislature votes on SB 162  link above

In order for Utah to comply with this act they needed to move the date of the
June Primary later or move the caucus date up because the state convention
is now in April, slightly over 4 weeks after the caucus.  Some county conventions
are only days AFTER the caucus, raising the question of how candidates
will get the delegate names prior to the conventions.

Another issue on the caucus is the candidate filing date.  The candidate filing
date ends March 15, the date of the GOP caucus, however the Utah Democratic
caucus is 2 days BEFORE the candidate filing deadline in Utah.