Utah clerks don’t expect lawsuits over Trump’s mail-in voting rule to impact elections this year

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 27, 2026

Words: 1,442

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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Though recent federal rulings have cast uncertainty over voting by mail with Utah’s November general elections around the corner, clerks — at least for now — are preparing for business as usual.

“Any dramatic change at this point really is extremely impractical, and it’s very risky to introduce any changes this late into the election (season),” Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch told Utah News Dispatch on Thursday.

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