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Davis County clerk details signature-audit errors; residents urge transparency and legal review
Summary
Public commenters pressed the county Friday about candidate petition signature errors and withheld voter rolls; county clerk said auditors found human errors and lawmakers added verification and transparency measures.
Residents raised concerns in public comment at the Davis County Commission meeting on June 17 about errors in the 2024 candidate petition certification process and the large number of withheld or “private” voter records. County election staff responded with an explanation of findings from the legislative audit and recent statutory changes intended to increase transparency.
The exchange began during public comment when Tina Horlocker of Syracuse said county election staff “owned up to those mistakes” at a legislative committee and asked the clerk to specify “what those mistakes are” and how they are being corrected. Jennifer Garner of Layton also said she was concerned that “the voter rolls having 40% of our our…
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