SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment that charges a Utah postal service employee with allegedly disposing of mail-in ballots.
According to the department, the employee failed to deliver approximately 300 ballots to Utah County residents, along with other mail items not related to elections.
During a media conference Tuesday, department officials did not release a motive for failing to deliver the ballots.
In an interview with FOX 13 News about Utah election integrity before the indictment was unsealed, Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson urged voters to sign up for the state's ballot tracking service.
"This is a really important thing for voters to know. To give them confidence, they’ll know when their clerk has mailed them their ballot. They’ll have confidence when they get a notification their clerk has received their ballot and again when their clerk has processed and counted their ballot," said Henderson. "So that is trackmyballot.utah.gov. Go there, sign up for the ballot tracking, and you will know where your ballot is at all times."
Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson under formal investigation by the Department of Justice:
Henderson is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice for failing to "comply" with her duties as the state's chief elections officer, the agency claims. The investigation came weeks after the department threatened Henderson with criminal prosecution if she failed, as they demanded, to turn over the state's voter records list.
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