SALT LAKE CITY — A statewide poll shows most Utah residents support a bill recently signed by Gov. Gary Herbert that challenges the federal control of public lands in the state.
The survey (http://bit.ly/HCbMoG ) found 64 percent back the Legislature’s demand that the federal government relinquish millions of acres of land within the state by 2014.
Twenty-three percent oppose the legislation, and 13 percent are undecided.
Eighty-four percent of Republicans and 59 percent of independents support the bill, while only 15 percent of Democrats back it.
Legislative attorneys have warned the bill has a high probability of being declared unconstitutional.
The telephone survey of 625 registered voters was conducted Monday through Wednesday by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
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