DOJ is sending election monitors to Utah polls this November
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson speaks to reporters at the Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 22, 2026. The U.S. Department of Justice is sending election monitors to Utah polls to oversee the Nov. 3 elections, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson learned on Wednesday. The move comes amid pressure from the agency as Henderson, Utah’s chief election officer, refuses to release private voter data to the federal government. The Department of Justice has sent election monitors to other states before on a smaller scale, usually in response to a civil rights violation. In Utah, the agency sent monitors to supervise elections in San Juan County in 2024. But, Henderson anticipates their presence won’t interfere with the election, and voters may not even notice their presence, she told reporters on Thursday. Some details about the monitors’ deployment in the state are still unavailable.…
