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The deadline for affiliated Utah voters to switch parties is April 1. This matters for voting in a closed primary, such as the GOP primary. For open primaries, voters don’t have to switch affiliation to participate.

The campaign to get a Proposition 4 repeal on the ballot has enough verified signatures — at least for now. Signers have a few weeks to remove names, and that could tip the scales in close Senate districts.

The signatures turned in are more than double the 140,748 needed. The next step is signature verification, followed by 45 days when opponents can convince people to remove their names.

Some county clerks and members of the public question if the bill’s last four digits of a valid ID requirement would improve ballot security.

"I consider it almost a sacred civic responsibility of teaching someone about the importance of elections,” said West Jordan Middle School teacher William Shields.

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.

Jenkins hopes to convince the Utah Supreme Court to allow ballots deemed ineligible because of late postmarks to be counted. The argument hinges on how the Postal Service handles mail in southern Utah.

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

After questions about election integrity were raised following the 2020 election, Utah’s county clerks are eager to be ahead of the game this election season.

Gov. Spencer Cox is calling for the Legislature to approve moving municipal election dates to accommodate a special election to replace Utah U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart.

County clerks are now required to break down where every ballot is in the verification process.

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