Utah releases state voter roll audit amid Trump administration lawsuit
Summary
Utah completed a year-long check of its voter registration list and confirmed that almost all registered voters are US citizens. The state removed a small number of non-citizens and asked some voters to prove their citizenship. This comes as the Trump administration is suing Utah to get access to detailed voter information.Key Facts
- Utah audited over 2 million voter records and found 99.72% were US citizens.
- 27 non-citizens were removed from Utah’s voter rolls; only 13 had voted before.
- Another 25 people were flagged as likely non-citizens and given 30 days to prove citizenship.
- The state identified 5,007 voters whose citizenship couldn’t be verified but will not remove them; they must provide proof or vote only in federal elections.
- Utah requires driver’s license numbers or the last four digits of social security numbers to register to vote.
- The Department of Justice, part of the Trump administration, requested Utah’s detailed voter data citing concerns about voter removals.
- Utah disagreed with the DOJ’s data and refused to provide sensitive personal details.
- The DOJ sued Utah in 2026 for not giving full voter registration information, as part of legal actions against several states.
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