John Dougall

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John Dougall is the State Auditor and a former member of the Utah House of Representatives and is up for reelection in the November 2020 Election, Utah.

He is well rated by the Republican Liberty Caucus and poorly rated by the Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah.[1]

Sponsored the wildly unpopular HB 477 as a legislator in 2011. The bill sought to exempt the legislature from certain record disclosure requirements and also rasied fees associated with record requests.[2] Interestingly, though, he had earlier expressed a very opposite sentiments on the subject of record disclosure.[3] Putatively, the purpose of this bill was to address the potential problem of existing law forcing legislators to reveal personal information their constituents might communicate to legislators.[4] In connection with HB 477, Dougall has been accused of blocking public input.[5]

Has questioned the propriety of having the state comply with Obama's "Affordable Care Act".[6]

Has endorsed term limits.[7]

Endorsed Sophia DiCario in 2014.[8]

External Resources

References

  1. John Dougall - VoteSmart
  2. Paul Koepp, "Utah lawmakers recall and amend controversial records bill for further study", Deseret News, 7 Mar 2011
  3. Rachel Piper, "What changed John Dougall's mind on GRAMA?", Salt Lake City's Weekly Daily Feed, 10 Mar 2011
  4. "Campbell: Legislators' own words tell sad tale of HB477", Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar 2011
  5. Chelsea Allart Woodruff for Utah Senate District 01, Status Update, Facebook, 15 Jun 2012
  6. "State Auditor Asks: Should State of Utah as an Employer Comply with the Affordable Care Act?", Utah Politico Hub, 12 Feb 2015
  7. Glen Mills, "State Auditor publicly endorses term limit movement in Utah", Goo4Utah, 17 Jun 2015
  8. Greg, "UTAH STATE AUDITOR JOHN DOUGALL ENDORSES SOPHIA", SophiaDiCario.com, 2 Nov 2014