Calls to audit Utah’s 2020 election fall flat as legislative committee takes no action

Two Utah Republican lawmakers attempted to use their political offices to obtain personal information for thousands of Utah voters, including those who asked to keep their information private.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Steve Christiansen, R-West Jordan, speaks to activists pushing for a forensic audit of the 2020 election in Utah at the Capitol on Oct. 20, 2021. Christiansen invited the crowd to the 1pm Judiciary Interim Committee.