Colby Jenkins files lawsuit against Washington County as congressional primary remains tight

SALT LAKE CITY — A court hearing has been scheduled for Monday morning to resolve a lawsuit brought by Colby Jenkins, a Republican candidate for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, asking Washington County to turn over names and addresses for voters whose ballots need to be “cured,” as he remains locked in a dead heat against Rep. Celeste Maloy for the GOP nomination.

Jenkins’ campaign filed a lawsuit against Washington County Clerk/Auditor Ryan Sullivan in Utah’s 5th District Court, seeking immediate relief from the courts to order Sullivan to provide the campaign with a list of uncured ballots before the county’s canvass on Monday.

Uncured ballots are those that need to be remedied due to mismatched signatures, insufficient voter affidavits or if the voter’s right to vote has been challenged, among other reasons. County clerks are tasked with contacting such voters to give them a chance to fix any discrepancies with their ballot.

The lawsuit said the campaign seeks to “contact its supporters who are on the uncured ballot list and encourage them to cure their ballot so that their voice will be heard in this close election.”

Any list of uncured ballots provided by election officials to the campaign would not show how the person voted.

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