‘Not a widespread problem’: Lt. gov. releases early findings from voter citizenship review

Utah’s top elections official says her office has confirmed that more than 99.9% of Utah voters are U.S. citizens.

By: Annie Knox

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: January 23, 2026

Words: 880

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Utah’s top elections official says her office has confirmed that more than 99.9% of Utah voters are U.S. citizens and has removed an additional noncitizen from voter rolls after finding four earlier last year.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson released findings from an ongoing review Friday as Republican state lawmakers push for tougher enforcement of a prohibition on noncitizen voting in state and federal elections.

“The bottom line is, there is not a …

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