Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) has signed legislation that will end the state's universal vote-by-mail system and instead require registered voters to sign up if they want to cast their ballots by mail after 2028. Under the new law, which the GOP-controlled state Legislature passed earlier this month, counties will no longer send mail-in ballots to all voters on their rolls beginning in 2029. Voters in Utah will have the option to sign up online to receive mail-in ballots, or they can make the selection at the time they register to vote, when they show up to cast their ballot at a polling location or when they obtain or renew driver's licenses and identification cards. The mail ballot option will remain active for eight years if voters cast ballots in all regular elections during that period. The new law also shortens the timeline for voters to return their mail-in ballots, putting the state in line with an aggressive push from President Trump. Previously, mailed ballots in the Beehive State had to be postmarked by Election Day. New regulations require ballots to be in by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. Trump signed an executive order Monday that seeks to punish states that rely on the postmark date to count absentee or mail-in ballots received after Election Day in federal races. The governor did not include a statement about the election law in his news release announcing the signing of the bill along with other new laws. Cox's office didn't immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment. ...read more read less