Utah election audit finds ‘compliance issues’ in 3 counties: Utah, Wasatch and San Juan

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 2,395

Last Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago

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After years of close scrutiny and multiple audits, a new legislative audit says the office of Utah’s chief election official has been “diligent in improving” the state’s election system — but some county clerks “did not fully implement all changes” to their elections.

Legislative auditors, according to the report released Tuesday, did an in-depth review of three counties: Utah, Wasatch and San Juan. Clerks overseeing those counties’ elections, auditors wrote, “can improve their efforts …

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