{"id":2531,"date":"2026-06-23T04:36:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2026-06-23T04:36:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:36:47","slug":"trump-targets-utah-mail-in-voting-state-officials-say-he-has-it-backward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2531","title":{"rendered":"Trump targets Utah mail-in voting \u2014 state officials say he has it backward"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump said Utah\u2019s &#8220;All Mail in Ballot format&#8221; will help Democrats win in the state.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Utah has stepped away from universal mail-in voting to address concerns from the 2024 election.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>New requirements to verify four digits on mail-in ballots could actually delay election results.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump accused Utah of moving toward a universal vote-by-mail election system in a post on Thursday, suggesting the Republican Party should stop it by passing Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u2019s SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2529\">The challenges dual-income families face<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should stop Utah from doing this,\u201d his Truth Social Post said. \u201cAll Mail In Ballots, dishonestly handled, are a big advantage for Dumocrats (sic), whose only Road to Victory, because their Policies are so insane, is CHEATING.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson responded to Trump\u2019s allegations with a statement defending Utah\u2019s unique status as a Republican supermajority state with mail-in voting, which she said is the preferred method for more than 90% of voters.<\/p>\n<p>Utah is one of just eight states \u2014 and the only red one \u2014 that automatically sends mail-in ballots to all registered voters. This became the practice statewide in 2019. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Utah has sent a mail ballot to every registered voter since 2019 (and in some counties since 2013). Confusing post: pic.twitter.com\/Vh8mNIbj3w<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samuel Benson (@sambbenson) June 18, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump\u2019s post puzzled Utah election officials and election integrity activists alike because the state, particularly over the past two years, has taken steps in the opposite direction, toward a more secure version of mail-in ballots. <\/p>\n<p>Many reforms were prompted by the 2024 GOP primary in the 2nd Congressional District, which ended in a recount that may have been decided by ballots that were not counted because of a late postmark or incorrect signature. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have since strengthened the rules around when ballots can be accepted and how they are to be verified. But as conservatives continue to criticize Utah\u2019s process as being slow, these added measures could delay results even more. <\/p>\n<h3>How have elections changed?<\/h3>\n<p>Voters will not see a major difference in their voting experience, but the reforms made during the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions amount to a reimagining of mail-in voting in Utah, according to state election director Ryan Cowley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s just tweaking; it definitely is trying to alter the vote-by-mail process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the 2nd District race, legislators decided ballots will only be counted if they are in a dropbox or the clerk\u2019s office by 8 p.m. on election night. Previously, ballots could be counted up to two weeks later, if they were postmarked by Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>This will not speed up election results in most cases because outcomes are almost always clear on election night anyway, Cowley told the Deseret News. But unless voters mail their ballots earlier, those caught in the postal system will be rejected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely means less ballots will be counted,\u201d Cowley said. <\/p>\n<p>Another change the Legislature approved in response to the 2nd District debacle is an additional method of voter identification to reduce reliance on county clerks comparing signature affidavits to those on record, which is subject to human error. <\/p>\n<p>Starting this year, ballots include an option to enter four digits of a Social Security Number or driver\u2019s license. More than 90% of voters are completing both measures even though it is not required until 2029, Weber County Clerk Ricky Hatch said. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Utah was among the last states to release election results, along with California, which has more relaxed timelines for ballot processing. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2527\">2 Latter-day Saint temples in the U.S. and Canada to break ground this August<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, adding a second check on voters\u2019 identity on Utah ballots will take even more time: \u201cIt\u2019s slowed down our voter verification process,\u201d Hatch told the Deseret News. \u201cIt\u2019s not overly dramatic of an impact, but definitely we can feel it a little bit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The ballot cure process, where clerks let voters remedy incorrect signatures, will also expand to include incorrect numbers from a government ID.<\/p>\n<h3>More change on the way?<\/h3>\n<p>Republican state lawmakers responded to other concerns associated with mail-in voting by requiring voters to opt in every eight years, starting in 2029, to receive a mail-in ballot, and by requiring clerks to require proof of citizenship for voter registration. <\/p>\n<p>A piecemeal approach does not go far enough, according to Alexis Ence, a founding member of the newly created Utah Election Integrity Network. <\/p>\n<p>A national group, the Election Integrity Network was founded by Cleta Mitchell, a former campaign attorney for Lee, who worked with the senator to explore legal pathways to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>There is something \u201cuniquely problematic with mail-in voting in Utah elections,\u201d Ence said. Ballots dropped in the mail, especially in southern Utah, are sent to post offices out of state, where they sometimes receive unclear time stamps. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of mistrust there, and I think it\u2019s for good reason,\u201d she told the Deseret News.<\/p>\n<p>The delays inherent in a vote-by-mail system with a two-week cure period produce \u201cunnecessary suspicion,\u201d Ence said. <\/p>\n<p>Problems with late ballots, voter identification and slow results would be resolved, if the Legislature had approved House Republicans\u2019 plan to create a default of voters returning the ballots they received by mail in person with photo identification, Ence said. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, Senate leadership settled on a $100,000 study on the security of in-person voting compared to voting by mail. While Ence believes the answer is clear, she said she agrees political figures should act on accurate information. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a balance to be struck here,\u201d said Ence, who is the president of Washington County Republican Women.<\/p>\n<p>Following Trump\u2019s post, Utah Election Integrity Network released a statement emphasizing the importance of state control over election administration and how Utah has already stepped away from universal mail-in voting in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like President Trump highlighting Utah because we definitely have room to improve here,\u201d Ence said. \u201cI just wish whoever had given him the information had given him accurate information.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2525\">Utah\u2019s measles outbreak is a year old. Is highly contagious disease still spreading?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Utah get primary results on election night? 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