SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has ruled Salt Lake County’s clerk complied with state election law in issuing ballots to registered voters in a timely manner.
A lawsuit filed last week by two Republican candidates claimed thousands of ballots weren’t shipped out to voters in a timely manner.
Democratic Clerk Sherrie Swensen says there was a delay due to a vendor problem, but mail-in ballots went out in time.
Third District Judge Robert Faust dismissed the suit Monday by Swensen’s opponent, Republican county clerk candidate Rozan Mitchell.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Mitchell contended that up to 32,000 ballots weren’t mailed by a state-mandated deadline.
Swensen says the clerk’s office mailed one ballot for each person who had registered as an active voter in the county before the Oct. 16 deadline.
