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DOJ sending election monitors to Utah after lieutenant governor refused voter rolls

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“DOJ will send election monitors to Utah where GOP lieutenant governor defied Trump’s demand for voter rolls”, Friday, October 23, 2026
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The Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Utah, Republican Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson announced Thursday after being notified of the deployment. Henderson has not been told how many monitors will be sent or where they will be located. Henderson has previously defied Trump administration demands to hand over unredacted voter rolls containing Social Security numbers.1

The DOJ sued Utah and opened an investigation into Henderson after she refused to provide the voter rolls. The DOJ earlier this year announced plans to deploy 1,000 monitors nationally for the midterms, with counties in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Washington also notified this week.1

1,000
monitors the DOJ plans to deploy nationally for the midterms1
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  1. Democracy Docket, https://democracydocket.com/news-alerts/doj-will-send-election-monitors-to-utah-where-gop-lieutenant-governor-defied-trumps-demand-for-voter-rolls · Friday, October 23, 2026

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