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Bryan Freeborn works at one of the package sorting machines at the United States Postal Service Pri...
Eric Cabrera

Utah postal workers rally to oppose privatization, concerned that rural communities could be affected

Citing concerns about efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service, postal workers gathered in Salt Lake on Tuesday to support the independent agency.
2 days ago
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill speaks on the day of an event with tall ships sailing near Sandy...
Doina Chiacu, Reuters

New Jersey says software error put 6,600 noncitizens on voter rolls

Roughly 6,600 people who were not U.S. citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey's voter rolls because of a software ​error at the state motor vehicles department
9 days ago
Top Utah officials asked the U.S. Department of Justice not to interfere with state elections after...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

Utah asks DOJ not to interfere with state elections after it threatened Lt. Gov. Henderson

Top Utah officials asked the DOJ not to interfere with state elections after the agency threatened Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson with prosecution over election administration last week.
14 days ago
Several politicians voluntarily dismissed their federal lawsuit that sought to prevent Utah's new c...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy dismiss their lawsuit over Utah’s new congressional map

Several politicians voluntarily dismissed their federal lawsuit that sought to prevent Utah's new congressional map from taking effect for this year's midterm elections.
20 days ago
President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national conventio...
Meg Kinnard, Associated Press

Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September

President Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections in Dallas on Sept. 9 and 10.
1 month ago
Stickers for Utah County voters sit on a table as part of Utah's primary election at the Lehi Civic...
Cassidy Wixom, KSL

Here’s who is moving forward after the Utah County Republican primary

Utah County is poised to see change this November after the incumbent clerk appears to have lost the primary race and two commissioner seats are open for newcomers.
1 month ago
A voter casts a ballot during New York's primary election on Tuesday in New York. (Ryan Murphy, Ass...
The Associated Press

Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

A federal judge has permanently barred President Donald Trump's administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections, part of which sought to require people to show documentary proof of citizenship when they register to vote.
1 month ago
Ben McAdams, a candidate for Utah's 1st Congressional District, talks with an attendee at a watch p...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL

GOP incumbents Moore, Maloy fend off challengers; McAdams wins Democratic primary

Former Rep. Ben McAdams is on track to secure the Democratic nomination in Utah's 1st Congressional District while both Republican incumbent representatives beat back primary challengers, the Associated Press projects.
1 month ago
A temporary election worker gathers ballots to process at the Salt Lake County Government Center in...
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News

Trump targets Utah mail-in voting — state officials say he has it backward

President Donald Trump accused Utah of moving toward a universal vote-by-mail election system in a post on Thursday, suggesting the Republican Party should stop it by passing Utah Sen. Mike Lee's SAVE America Act.
1 month ago
Tuesday evening marks the end of Utah's primary election season, which will determine which candida...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Cassidy Wixom, KSL

Here’s what to watch for on primary Election Day in Utah

Tuesday evening marks the end of primary election season in Utah.
1 month ago
A ballot drop box at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Nov. 21, 2023. Few...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL

Primary watch: Utah voter turnout under 20%, candidate accused of breaking rules

Ahead of Tuesday's primary election, just under 1 in 5 Utah voters have cast their ballots so far.
1 month ago
Voting booths are set up at a polling location inside St. Luke's Methodist Church, Tuesday, June 16...
Ali Swenson and Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters

A federal judge has ruled that a revamped federal tool that state election officials have used in their efforts to identify illegally registered noncitizen voters is unlawful and cannot be used.
1 month ago
An eighth grader uses their cellphone after school at Evergreen Junior High School in Millcreek on ...
Logan Stefanich, KSL

AI deepfake media can sway public opinion as effectively as real media, UVU study finds

A study from Utah Valley University's Gary R. Herbert Institute for Public Policy released Thursday found that deepfake media can sway public opinion just as effectively as real media, impacting elections at every scale.
1 month ago
President Donald Trump endorsed Reps. Celeste Maloy, left, and Blake Moore ahead of Utah's primary ...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

Trump endorses Republican incumbents ahead of Utah’s congressional primaries

President Donald Trump endorsed all three incumbent Republicans running for Congress in Utah ahead of next week's primary election.
1 month ago
A voter holds a mail-in ballot in Provo on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. Mail-in ballots are already being ...
Tyrese Boone, KSL

Salt Lake County mail-in ballot deadline changes

Mail-in ballots are already being sent to voters across Salt Lake County ahead of the June 23rd primary election.
2 months ago
Stacks of voter privacy request forms sit in the Utah County Clerk’s Office, where hundreds of ap...
Courtney Johns and Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

Critical gaps in how Utah voter privacy requests are denied

With a key deadline looming, differences in how counties interpret Utah’s voter privacy law are leaving applications for potentially vulnerable voters in limbo. 
3 months ago
State delegates listen during the Utah Republican Party's state organizing convention held at the U...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

Here’s what is at stake during Saturday’s GOP and Democratic nominating conventions

Thousands of state delegates will convene in their respective convention on Saturday to decide which congressional candidates will earn the backing of their respective parties going into primary election season.
3 months ago
Six Democrats will try to stand out this weekend in the race for Utah's new 1st Congressional Distr...
Daniel Woodruff, KSL

6 Utah Democrats compete for newly drawn seat in Congress

SALT LAKE CITY – Six Democrats will try to stand out this weekend in the race for Utah’s new 1st Congressional District. The Utah Democratic Party convention, which takes place on Saturday at Jordan High School in Sandy, is the first key milestone in this race that’s gotten a lot of attention ever since Utah […]
3 months ago
Former state Rep. Phil Lyman and Rep. Celeste Maloy are competing for the Republican nomination for...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko and Daniel Woodruff, KSL

Celeste Maloy seeks to fend off GOP challenge from Phil Lyman

Both Maloy and Lyman collected signatures, but neither has yet crossed the threshold to qualify for the June primary ballot, meaning this weekend's Republican state nominating convention could decide who advances to the primary.
3 months ago
Rep. Celeste Maloy, R-Utah enters an annual Regulatory Reform Summit held by her in the Senate Buil...
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News

Utah midterms are set: Here’s where all the Republican incumbents are running

Utah Reps. Celeste Maloy and Mike Kennedy announced they will run for the new 3rd District and 4th District, respectively, under the state's newly established congressional map.
5 months ago
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson answers interview questions in her office at the Capitol in Salt Lake Cit...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL

DOJ sues to get access to Utah’s private voter information

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Utah's lieutenant governor on Thursday, demanding she turn over access to Utahns' private voter information.
5 months ago
Uganda...
Rodney Muhumuza, Associated Press

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni secures 7th term as opposition rejects results

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won his seventh term with 71.65% of the votes. His challenger, Bobi Wine, received 24.72% and rejected the results, calling for peaceful protests
6 months ago
pipe bomb...
the Associated Press

Virginia man pleads not guilty to charges in DC pipe bomb case

A Virginia man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
7 months ago
Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi concedes to Marsha Judkins following a tight election race....
Curtis Booker, KSL.com

Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi concedes to Marsha Judkins following tight municipal election race

Mayor Michelle Kaufusi appeared to concede the race for mayor on Thursday in a social media post.
9 months ago