The thousands of Republican delegates to the state party’s organizing convention on Saturday will have the time-saving benefit of electronic voting, thanks to a donation from Gov. Gary Herbert’s political action committee.
A spokesman for Herbert confirmed a donation of roughly $18,000 to the party, but declined to comment further. Rob Anderson, the outgoing Utah Republican Party chairman, said the money will be used for hand-held voting devices, allowing for a faster and precise count in what is often a daylong marathon of balloting on party officers, bylaws, rules and resolutions.
“It will go smoother with a more definitive outcome,” Anderson said of electronic voting.