A recent report from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor claims at least 99% of Utah’s voters are verified U.S. citizens, with a breakdown of county statistics indicating Summit County likely has no non-citizen voters. Meanwhile, Wasatch County likely had two registered voters who lacked the pr oper documentation to participate in elections and have since been removed from the county’s voter rolls. Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson released the results of the study late last month, detailing a comprehensive review of Utah’s voter registration rolls that began in April 2025. The study referenced more than two million documents to determine potential non-citizen voters across the state, finding 27 confirmed non-citizen voters and 5,000 voters whose citizenship status could not be verified. The state is now working to contact those 5,000 voters to inform them of citizenship requirements to participate in future local and state elections. Specific individuals who are considered “probable” non-citizen voters will receive a separate notice from the state and have 30 days to provide proof of citizenship to the county clerk. In Wasatch County, the state found only two “likely” non-citizen voters, with 99.88% of registered voters in the county identified as verified American citizens. The state has since removed those individuals from the county’s voter rolls. However, some Wasatch County voters may still receive notices to provide proof of citizenship if they are one of the 5,000 voters who were lacking the necessary documentation. Wasatch County Clerk-Auditor Joey Granger said those voters or her office may have made a mistake as simple as mixing up numbers on a driver’s license, which is an easy fix for those who are affected but are U.S. citizens. “For instance, a gal that came in this morning had that very thing where we were just missing a digit off of her driver’s license,” Granger said. “We went in, we put it in and it was validated with the correct driver’s license and validated her citizenship.” Granger said the county conducts its own audits, too, often in conjunction with the state. She said Wasatch County only had two “likely” non-citizen voters because her office has already made an effort over the last two years to look through voter rolls and contact residents with missing information. “I think with anything involving physical human interactions, you’re going to have a small margin of error,” Granger said. “It doesn’t matter how perfect you are, but for our audit to be 99.88% accurate, I think that should give everybody in the Wasatch Back strong confidence in what we’re doing here because, like I said, nothing’s ever going to be 100%.” She also emphasized that it’s not necessarily bad that there were two “likely” non-citizen voters in Wasatch County because it gives the county a chance to revise its procedures and find ways to improve election security. She said it may seem inconvenient for voters who need to present citizenship documentation, but she called it an important part of the county’s checks and balances system. “It’s a good way to grade ourselves,” Granger said. “In the greater scheme of things, it’s really a good thing that this was all that happened and that we’re going through those motions.” Interim Summit County Clerk Malena Stevens echoed Granger’s sentiments, saying it’s valuable for the state and local governments to audit voter rolls and update information, especially as election laws change. “In every system, there’s always room for improvement,” Stevens said. “It’s great that we’re going through and ensuring that we have adequate documentation for everyone. Sometimes people registered to vote 20 or 30 years ago, and the laws and requirements were different as far as the documentation that was necessary to provide at the time, so it’s … always useful to make sure that we’re in compliance with current statutes.” The County Council appointed Stevens to serve as the county clerk on an interim basis earlier this year, and Stevens attributed the office’s success to her predecessors — Eve Furse and Ken Jones. “I am obviously new in this role, and I think it speaks volumes to the work that has been done by previous clerks, Eve Furse and Ken Jones, over many, many years to ensure that we were doing those checks when we were registering people to vote,” Stevens said. “It speaks to the system that we have and the staff that we have because they’ve been diligent in abiding by the processes.” Stevens said the Clerk’s Office takes every precaution possible to ensure only eligible voters are participating in elections, including the distribution of ballots. For example, the Democratic Party has an open primary, which means anyone can request a ballot, while the Republican Party restricts voting in primaries to registered Republicans. “Voters are also always welcome to call our office or ask questions throughout the election process,” Stevens said. “The days that we’re processing ballots are posted on our website, and people can come in and be poll watchers and actually watch the process. … If people want to come in, understand, get information, watch the process, we welcome that, and there are built in ways for people to be able to do that.” The post State study finds two ‘likely’ non-citizen voters in Wasatch County, none in Summit appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less