election security

Although some races might be pretty clear soon after the polls close, results in Utah are not official until the statewide canvass on Nov. 25.

Following incidents in Oregon and Washington, some clerks in Utah are taking precautionary measures. State-mandated 24/7 video surveillance and other fraud and ballot destruction safeguards are also in place.

Despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Utah or elsewhere, state election officials continue to push back against claims that the state’s process is compromised.

The audit looked at signatures gathered by Gov. Spencer Cox, Congressman John Curtis and Attorney General candidate Derek Brown. All three lost at the party’s nominating convention but eventually won the GOP primary election.

It remains a matter of scale and urban versus rural. Not all of Utah’s 29 counties experience election mistrust to the same degree.

The charges, announced Friday, accuse former Juab County Clerk Alaina Lofgran of allowing 2022 ballots to be shredded despite a law to preserve them for nearly two years, and of mishandling 2020 ballots despite a court order to preserve those records.

Election results were certified across Utah this week and the 2022 midterms are officially over.

Some local political officials want to see more changes to Utah’s election laws. Critics say that could lead down a dangerous path.

Misinformation is the ultimate Mean Girl. Saige and Sean gab all about it.

Misinformation recently came up in two separate political races in Utah.

The monthly meetings are intended to answer any questions residents of the northern Utah county may have about election security.

The losing candidate for state House District 72, Willie Billings, called for the recount and wanted it to be by hand. County elections officials said they couldn’t do that.