Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen complied with state election law in issuing ballots to registered voters in a timely manner, a judge ruled Monday.
Third District Judge Robert Faust dismissed a lawsuit filed Thursday by Swensen’s opponent, Republican county clerk candidate Rozan Mitchell, and Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, who had pointed to discrepancies between the clerk’s statements to the media about when and how many ballots were mailed in the first batch sent to voters to make their case.
“It was baseless, it was without merit and I believe it was a political tactic,” Swensen told The Salt Lake Tribune after the judge’s ruling.