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Utah Officials, Sen. Lee Push Back On Election Fraud Claims

Utah Officials, Sen. Lee Push Back On Election Fraud Claims

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah election officials and the campaign of Republican Senator Mike Lee are pushing back against claims of election fraud from a state lawmaker. Republican Representative Phil Lyman made a Facebook post Sunday morning, claiming he had received reports that machines switched votes from Lee to […]

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Mail-In Ballots To Start Arriving Today

Mail-In Ballots To Start Arriving Today

(Undated) – Utah voters should start checking their mail boxes for their election ballots. State election officials say mail-in ballots should start arriving today ahead of the June 28th primary. All four of Utah’s congressional districts have heated primaries, as well as one of the state’s Senate seats.

Texts Show Senator Lee Involved In Attempt To Overturn Election

Texts Show Senator Lee Involved In Attempt To Overturn Election

(Washington, DC) — Text messages show U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah had a part in the Trump administration’s attempt to change the 2020 election result. Lee messaged chief of staff Mark Meadows about a strategy from legal advisor John Eastman to have states present an alternate slate of electors […]

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Initiative to End Vote-By-Mail Falling Short, Lawsuit In the Works

Initiative to End Vote-By-Mail Falling Short, Lawsuit In the Works

(Salt Lake City, UT) – The group trying to end Utah’s use of vote-by-mail is considering a lawsuit against the state. Secure The Vote is short of the 138-thousand signatures they need by February 15th for the proposed ballot initiative. Members of the group could file a lawsuit, accusing state […]

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Utah Lt. Gov. calls election integrity claims ‘destructive’

Utah Lt. Gov. calls election integrity claims ‘destructive’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The leader who oversees Utah elections said Wednesday that new efforts questioning the integrity of the state’s voting system are destructive and very concerning. The comments from Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson come after a panel of majority-GOP lawmakers approved an audit into the election […]

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State Lawmakers Call for Election Integrity Audit

State Lawmakers Call for Election Integrity Audit

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers want an election integrity audit conducted to put to rest any lingering doubts about the state’s voting system. At a committee meeting last night, they directed legislative auditors to examine election issues from last year. House Minority Leader — Salt Lake City Democrat […]

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Write-In Candidate Likely To Become Parowan’s First Woman Mayor

Write-In Candidate Likely To Become Parowan’s First Woman Mayor

(Parowan, UT) — A write-in candidate is set to become the first woman to become mayor of Parowan. Mollie Halterman conducted a write-in campaign in the southern Utah town using the slogan “Good Golly, write-in Mollie.” Voters liked her style, as her name was marked on just over 49-percent of […]

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County Clerks Say Ranked Choice Voting Trial Going Well

County Clerks Say Ranked Choice Voting Trial Going Well

(Undated) — Election officials say Utah’s first large-scale experiment with ranked-choice voting is going well. Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swenson tells KUTV that software designed to count ranked-choice votes is working as expected. Utah County is also counting ranked-choice ballots in several races, and their clerk says there have […]

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Election Officials Urge Utah Voters To Mail Ballots By Tomorrow

Election Officials Urge Utah Voters To Mail Ballots By Tomorrow

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State election officials are urging Utah voters to get their ballots in the mail as soon as possible. Ballots must be postmarked by Monday for them to be counted in this year’s general election. Anyone planning to mail their ballot is being told to make […]

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Utah governor condemns attorney general joining Texas suit

Utah governor condemns attorney general joining Texas suit

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor and governor-elect have condemned the attorney general’s decision to join a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the presidential race results in four battleground states that President Donald Trump lost. Gov. Gary Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, who will be taking the governor’s […]

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