Utah County Clerk Aaron Davidson is being asked by a county commissioner to recuse himself from overseeing the election.
“Multiple people have reached out to me, everyone from average citizens to city council members to mayors to state legislators to statewide officeholders, all of whom are concerned about his ability to conduct the election in an unbiased manner,” Utah County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner said. “I can’t disagree with them.”
She said Thursday she will ask the county’s other commissioners to join her in calling for Davidson to step aside to “get the unnecessary drama away from the election.” Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray confirmed Wednesday his office is investigating Davidson’s tracking of how politicians cast their ballots, first reported by the Deseret News.
Gardner pointed out that Davidson also has sided with write-in gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman, filing a brief supporting one of Lyman’s legal challenges to the election and suggesting Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, who is on the ballot with Gov. Spencer Cox, should be “punished” for election fraud.