Utah County clerk wanted Lt. Gov. Henderson prosecuted. Phil Lyman’s supporters want the death penalty.
Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson has a history of questioning election integrity and has voiced doubts about the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Rick Egan, The Salt Lake Tribune
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson speaks during a news conference on election misinformation at the University of Utah on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.Editor’s note: This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state.
The official responsible for counting ballots in Utah’s second-largest county, Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson, is publicly questioning whether Gov. Spencer Cox legitimately qualified for the ballot and suggesting Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Utah’s top elections official, be criminally prosecuted.
Davidson is the only elections official in Utah’s 29 counties to raise such doubts.
Earlier this month, he signed a letter, addressed “To Those Who Care,” accusing Henderson of breaking the law. It has been shared in far-right social media groups, which often give credence to conspiracy theories, and has been spread by the Cox ticket’s challenger in the GOP primary election — current write-in gubernatorial candidate and state lawmaker Phil Lyman.
The letter, Davidson told The Salt Lake Tribune, was shared with “some of the legislators and some other individuals I know.”
A spokesperson for the lieutenant governor’s office declined to comment.
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