Gov. Spencer Cox and other GOP nominees in statewide elections are calling for an audit of the signature-gathering process conducted by the Davis County Clerk’s Office during June’s primary election.

“We believe this audit will confirm that proper signature verification laws and procedures were followed,” read a joint statement from Cox, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Utah attorney general nominee Derek Brown and U.S. Rep. John Curtis, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, released Monday.

“We commend our county election officials for the work they do — especially the Davis County Clerk’s Office who counted and verified all signatures in statewide and multi-county races,” the statement continued. “We trust our county clerks and are committed to addressing any issues found to enhance the process.”

The call for an audit comes days after the Utah Supreme Court denied the request of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rep. Phil Lyman to annul the results of the state’s primary election.

The Davis County Clerk’s Office handled the verification of signatures that were gathered in order to get Cox onto the ballot for the primary. That responsibility normally falls to the lieutenant governor’s office, but was shifted as Henderson is Cox’s running mate.

Lyman previously had earned the support of 67.5% of the delegates voting at the state convention. However, Cox ultimately locked up the party gubernatorial nomination during the primary.

More recently, Lyman has worked to overturn those election results.

“I don’t believe @SpencerJCox ever had the signatures to put him on the Primary ballot. #UtahCorruption #utpol,” Lyman posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday.

Davis County Clerk Brian McKenzie issued his own statement Tuesday, welcoming the audit and defending his office’s execution of the electoral process.

“I reaffirm that each signature was reviewed by trained election workers and either validated or rejected in accordance with the requirements set forth by Utah Law, and I echo the statement that ‘we believe this audit will confirm that proper signature verification laws and procedures were followed,'” the statement read.

Also on Tuesday, the Office of the State Auditor revealed in a release that State Auditor John Dougall would “conduct a limited review of certain aspects of the state’s election process, including controls over and disclosure of voter registration information as well as the validation process associated with signature-gathering by candidates.”

No specific mention of Davis County was made in the release, which further noted that any findings and recommendations resulting from the review would be submitted in a report upon its completion.

Officials at the Office of the State Auditor could not be reached for comment on this story.