Phil Lyman asks Utah Supreme Court to pause printing of ballots

SALT LAKE CITY — Phil Lyman is asking the Utah Supreme Court to force the state to pause the printing of ballots for November’s election. He wants the ballot printing process to wait until Utah’s highest court rules on his case contesting the gubernatorial primary election results. 

Listen to KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas discuss the request on KSL at Night. 👇

 

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August 12, 2024

Lyman submits motion for expedited preliminary injunction to prevent printing of ballots until Utah Supreme Court rules on contested election

SALT LAKE CITY — GOP convention nominee for governor Phil Lyman has submitted a…

— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) August 12, 2024

 

In July, Lyman’s campaign filed a lawsuit in Utah’s 3rd District Court. He asked a judge to force election officials to turn over a list of people who signed ballot petitions for his opponent Gov. Spencer Cox.  

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SALT LAKE CITY — On July 3, 2024, Phil Lyman and Natalie Clawson filed a complaint with the 3rd District Court…

— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) July 8, 2024

 

On August 2, Lyman filed a petition to the Utah Supreme Court. In it, he claimed that Gov. Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson should be removed from office for “malfeasance.” He also said the November general election ballot should list him as the Republican gubernatorial nominee. 

Monday’s request to the Utah Supreme Court is what KSL Legal Analyst Greg Skordas calls a petition for interlocutory appeal. 

“Interlocutory just means we’re appealing something on the fly while we haven’t actually finished the lawsuit,” he said. “Usually you have to wait until you’ve adjudicated everything before you can file an appeal. [They’re] saying we don’t have time to wait for the lawsuit’s results, we want to appeal the judge’s order immediately and put a stay on everything so that when ballots are printed soon we know who’s going to be the Republican candidate.” 

Write-in campaign

Lyman also said on X Sunday, August 11 that he’ll run as a write-in candidate for the November election. 

Thank you for the support. I will be running as a write – in candidate in the General election in November.

— Phil Lyman for Governor (@phil_lyman) August 11, 2024

 

“We’re not backing away from the fight no matter what form that takes,” Lyman told KSL NewsRadio. 

Read more: 

• Lyman seeks unredacted list of those who signed Gov. Cox’s ballot petition
• Colby Jenkins files petition with Utah Supreme Court to challenge primary election