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Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data

Won dismissal of the DOJ's voter-data lawsuit on Oct. 23; federal monitors observed Salt Lake County voting on Nov. 3

Utah held its Nov. 3 election with federal monitors watching all 40 Salt Lake County vote centers, there to check Spanish-language access and disability compliance. The Justice Department sent 11 monitors; one was barred from acting as a poll watcher because they were not eligible to vote in Utah.

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Well, I'll comply with anything that's lawful, of course. I don't think their request is lawful, and 23 courts now have agreed with me.

from Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data · Updated 2 days ago

We are ready to defend our state if we need to. I'm still confident that things will go as planned for this election, and that voters can have confidence that they'll get their ballot in the mail, that they can return their ballot by mail or by drop box, or vote in person if they want to.

from Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data · Updated 2 days ago

I welcome any kind of scrutiny that the administration wants to give to the state of Utah.

from Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data · Updated 2 days ago

I am confident in our processes, and you know what? If they uncover some sort of problem, if we're violating someone's civil rights in some way, I absolutely want to know about it.

from Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data · Updated 2 days ago

But now we also have threats coming from within our own government.

from Utah starts mailing 2026 ballots Oct. 13 as DOJ probes elections chief over voter data · Updated 2 days ago