SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican is suing after losing an election to a Navajo candidate in a southern Utah county dogged by allegations of voter discrimination.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Kelly Laws is asking a judge to overturn Democrat Willie Grayeyes’ victory in the San Juan County commission race over questions about whether he is truly a Utah resident.
County officials have already tried to remove Grayeyes from the ballot after finding he lives primarily over the nearby Arizona border, but a federal judge reversed that decision after finding the county clerk falsified the complaint. He did not rule directly on the residency issue.
Grayeyes says the residency questions are a political attack as Navajos are poised to form a majority of the commission for the first time.
County officials have denied treating any voters unfairly.
