Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, is suing Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen, seeking the ability to oversee and challenge the processing of mail-in and provisional ballots in the closely-watched 4th Congressional District election.
In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in 3rd District Court, Love asks that her campaign be allowed to challenge the county’s determination of signatures on ballot envelopes, and that those votes remain uncounted until those challenges are resolved.
The lawsuit notes that poll watchers have been allowed to observe the process of counting votes, but are not currently able to challenge the determinations of the clerk’s office staff.