Unruly Senate debate between Lee-McMullin leads to new Utah Debate Commission guidelines
SALT LAKE CITY — A debate between U.S. Senate candidates Mike Lee and Evan McMullin last October was marred by disruptive audience members, leading the Utah Debate Commission to issue new recommendations for the ticketing process after it was determined that"that existing guardrails for the ticketing process are no longer adequate to ensure a peaceful debate."
They also found that the audience was"weighted" in factor on one candidate, and that"portion of the audience included the disruptive actors." The review found that Senator Lee’s campaign was monitoring Utah Valley University’s online ticketing site, waited for it to go live, and subsequently"many supporters of Senator Lee reserved tickets—all tickets were gone in under two hours" according to the Commission.1. A majority of audience seats will be guaranteed for host universities to distribute to students, faculty, and salaried employees.
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