Fake complaint calls show Utah's bathroom bill wasn't well thought out, auditor says

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https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250589764/fake-complaint-calls-show-utahs-bathroom-bill-wasnt-well-thought-out-auditor-say
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Fake complaint calls show Utah's bathroom bill wasn't well thought out, auditor says

MAY 10, 2024 5:17 PM ET
HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
By Martha Harris
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Utah's Republican state auditor was flooded with complaints after the state's trans bathroom bill went into effect. He's criticizing the GOP-led legislature for not consulting with him.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Utah has a new law which restricts which bathrooms or changing rooms transgender people may use. The state set up a tip line for people to report violations of that law, and the system has been flooded with thousands of fake complaints from those who oppose the legislation. The state auditor is on the receiving end of those complaints, and he says this response shows the bill was not well-thought out. Martha Harris with member station KUER reports.

MARTHA HARRIS, BYLINE: Utah's Republican state auditor, John Dougall, says he didn't set out to become a bathroom monitor. But that's the role the state legislature gave him.

JOHN DOUGALL: This is an astronomical number of complaints.

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[keithbvadu2]

1. Did the republicans give the state auditor any more money to handle the extra duties?

[Irish_Dem]

2. Bathroom monitors don't make much money.

[keithbvadu2]

4. A GOP jobs program.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes and pregnancy monitoring too.

[Blues Heron]

3. Nothing says land of the free like a bathroom tip line.